As students across Canada prepare to raise awareness about bullying on Feb. 23 for Pink Shirt Day, University of British Columbia experts are ready to comment on child social and emotional development, motivations for bullying, online bullying and classroom techniques to prevent bullying.
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Faculty of Education
Tel: 604.822.2215
Email: kimberly.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
• Bullying prevention
o A new research project on teacher education and understanding of how children develop emotions, relationships and care and concern for others
o Roots of Empathy – classroom program helps children develop empathy and reduce aggression
• Children’s social, emotional and moral development
• Bullying and empathy
Shelley Hymel, Faculty of Education
Tel: 604.822.6022
Email: shelley.hymel@ubc.ca
• Bullying, victimization, self-esteem
• Children’s peer relations and social development
• Bullying prevention
o New course for teachers to counter bullying in elementary schools and to promote the social and emotional development of students
Danielle Law, Faculty of Education
Tel: 604.742.0967
Email: dalaw@interchange.ubc.ca
• How adolescents perceive online aggression
• Motivations for aggressing online
• Parenting and responsible internet use
Lisa Loutzenheiser, Faculty of Education
Email: lisa.loutzenheiser@ubc.ca *
• Educational experiences of marginalized youth (race, gender, sexuality)
• How to bring issues of sexuality into the classroom
• Schools, education and sexuality
*Best to email before calling office: 604.822.5341
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