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Age segregation moderates bullying.
by hyperpallium2 5y ago
Age segregation moderates bullying.
- msla 5y agoSmaller classes and teachers who aren't checked out moderate bullying. It's expensive because you have to pay for a lot of good, motivated teachers, but it works.
- LordDragonfang 5y agoDoes it though? I feel like the classes in which I had the most camaraderie with others were the mixed-age ones (math, grouped by ability, AP classes, and swim, a mixed bag). Likewise, the significant majority of my friends were first in grades above, and then below me. And it's not as if people of the same age can't bully each other. Even with younger children I don't think it's as much of an issue for bullying. In fact, if such mentorship programs are voluntary, I'd wager there would be less of a problem; you'd be surprised at how empathic children can be when placed in an older/younger pair. There's also an self-evident dynamic of power there - it's when children are expected to act as peers that squabbles for power most frequently manifest as bullying.
- barry-cotter 5y agoI really doubt that and given that there are no school systems that don’t age segregate I am virtually certain there’s no evidence to that effect.
- Negitivefrags 5y agoIf you put a 14 year old with a 12 year old, the 14 year old doesn’t feel any need to bully the 12 year old. They are naturally higher in the hierarchy and don’t feel any threat from the 12 year old. The same is not true with two 14 year olds. I went to a mixed age school and then left that to go to a segregated school. The first had no bullying and the second had a lot.
- klyrs 5y agoWTF? I was definitely bullied by kids 2 years ahead of me.
- hyperpallium2 5y agoI believe bullies choose weaker victims, and fear almost-equal rivals. Other explanations are possible for your anecdatum.