A descriptive analysis of the relationship between private high school teachers' characteristics, their knowledge of the 2011 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law, and the impact on their reporting of bullying incidents

Perez, Hansel A.

Dissertation

A descriptive analysis of the relationship between private high school teachers' characteristics, their knowledge of the 2011 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law, and the impact on their reporting of bullying incidents

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The purpose of this study was to determine if private high school teachers' characteristics, their knowledge of the 2011 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law, and the impact on their reporting of bullying incidents. The study was conducted at an urban private high school in northern New Jersey, where the participants in this study were asked to complete a survey. The survey instrument measured demographic information; specifically, gender, age range, ethnicity, the number of years teaching, the number of years teaching in the current school, educational level, and the teachers own experience with bullying as a student. The survey also measured the teachers' general knowledge of bullying; specifically the New Jersey's 2011 Anti-Bullying Law. The data analysis, which was run on SPSS, showed that only ethnicity had a significance influence while the other demographic variables were found not to have any significant influence on a private high school teachers' reporting of HIB incidents. The results also showed teachers lacked knowledge about the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law of 2011.

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