School Bullying: The Role of Education and Technology in Understanding, Identifying and Addressing the Problem

DATE & TIME
Saturday 12 October 2024 | 10:30 - 12:15
LOCATION
AGORA Amphitheatre
ADMISSION
FREE
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DESCRIPTION

School bullying: this is one of the most powerful problems found in schools worldwide, with particularly negative consequences for the mental and physical safety of students. What are the dimensions and forms of bullying? How much do teachers and parents know about this phenomenon? Is there a specific institutional framework for identifying and dealing with this issue? Is there scope within this framework for prevention, action and reaction to bullying incidents? What is the role of technology in the development of bullying? How well informed are the education stakeholders in order to identify and deal with bullying and violence? The above questions are just some of the questions that will seek answers, suggestions, solutions and pathways to an issue that needs special attention for the health and safety of students. New technologies and the digital transformation of the educational sector create new conditions and new data in education, which significantly affects the evolution of the phenomenon of school violence in its physical and digital form. The event is co-organized by JOIST Innovation Park and the Secondary Education Directorate of Larissa, with the main objective of informing and developing creative and productive dialogue. Register to participate in person and contribute to the exchange of ideas and proposals. The event is addressed to:

  • Bilateral school teams (School Directors and School Life Counsellors)
  • Educators
  • School Counsellors
  • Parents’ associations
  • Parents
  • Students
  • Representatives of the Municipality and the Region

CO-ORGANIZATION

AGENDA
10:30 - 10:45

| Arrival

10:45 - 11:00

| Greeting from the Director of the Secondary Education Directorate of Larissa, Mr.. Nikos Zervas

Part A

11:00 - 11:15

| "Forms and types of bullying: individual, family and school factors and ways of intervention", Elias Kourkoutas, Professor of Psychology of Child & Adolescent Disorders, Coordinator of the Branch of Clinical Psychology & Health Psychology of the Greek Society (ELPSE), permanent associate of the Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance & Rejection of the University of Connecticut (UCONN)

11:15 - 11:30

| "Internet and Bullying: the Greek reality: online sexual coercion and blackmail (sextortion), the phenomenon of cyberbullying, online behaviours that need to be reviewed", Antonios Yfantis, Sergeant, Officer of the Department of Electronic and Telephonic Communications Security and Software and Copyright Protection

11:30 - 11:45

| "The sensitive data of cyberbullying and our digital identity", Lambrini Gyftokosta, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Homo Digitalis

Part B

11:45 - 12:05

| Presentation of the Institute of Educational Perspectives (IEP) material on bullying by the four-member action group:
- Nikos Zervas, Director of Secondary Education Directorate of Larissa.
- Eleni Dimitriou, Physical Education Advisor of the Larissa Department of Education.
- Amalia Lioulia, Social Worker, at KEDAS Larissa
- Simitsis Urania, Psychologist, at the KEDASY of Larissa

12:05 - 12:15

| Q&A

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