A Teacher's Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use With Fourth and Fifth Grade Students. A 5th grader terrorizes a smaller boy on the playground. Sixth grade girls spread malicious rumors about a loner in their class. Bullying, a timeless aspect of growing up, happens all the time in schools around the world. The few studies conducted in recent years, however, have produced strikingly similar conclusions that offer useful lessons for educators.
Educators underestimate the bullying that takes place under their noses.
And many are reluctant to get involved when they see it. And too many are reluctant to get involved when they do spot it. But researchers say the problem is too pervasive and damaging for educators to ignore. I don't think that's something that kids need to go through. One of the world's best-known experts on bullying is Dan Olweus, a professor of psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway.