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ENG1514 ASSIGNMENT 3 2023
- Course
- PDU3701 (PDU3701)
- Institution
- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
ENG1514 ASSIGNMENT 3 2023
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ENG1514ENG1514
ASSIGNMENT 3
2023
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR COMPARISON
TO AVOID PLAGIARISM PARAPHRASE
YOUR WORK
,Assignment 03
IMPORTANT
Before you attempt this assignment, please work through Study Units 5 and 6
in your Study Guide (TUT501/0/2022) and the relevant sections of your
prescribed and recommended textbooks.
Instructions:
NOTE: Before you start this assignment, please go to page 4 of Tutorial Letter
501 (The Study Guide) to review the Outcomes and Assessment Criteria for
Units 5 and 6. Use the Outcomes and Assessment criteria as guide for
answering your questions.
1. This is an essay question which counts for 50 marks.
2. Ensure that your essay is coherent and grammatically correct. Please note
that structure and grammatical correctness are just as important as the
relevance of the content to the specific question set.
3. Make sure you acknowledge your sources correctly and provide a list of
references in the correct format.
4. It is also important that you check your work carefully before your final
submission.
5. Do not include any drafts or mind maps with your final submission.
In Phylica Oppelt’s article in the Sunday Times - Demon of Bullying a reflection
of a brutalised society, she states:
A teenager takes an electric wire, swings it round a beam in the house he has
lived in for most of his life … In the fast-ticking seconds before his death …
did the punches and pulling the jeers and mocking of four teenagers who had
assaulted him the previous day at school ring like taunting bells in his ears?
Was the shame of being beaten in front of schoolmates the one thing that
propelled DH into an unthinkable void of despair?
This is not an isolated incident and as she says the scale of bullying of
physical brutality among our nation’s children is horrific and occurs in schools
across all classes to both pupils and teachers.
Write an essay of 1000-1200 words (this is about 2-3 typed pages) in which you
discuss why bullying is increasing in our South African schools and what you
think the role and responsibilities of the Department of Basic Education, the
school authorities and/or the parents are in dealing with this?
, Ensure that you discuss the role and responsibilities of all three of the stake
holders and provide reasoning for why you think they have a responsibility to
act or if not, why they should not be involved.
Bullying in South African schools is an issue that has been on the rise over the past
few years. It takes many forms, such as verbal abuse, physical assault,
cyberbullying, and exclusion. The consequences of bullying can be devastating, as it
can lead to depression, anxiety, and even suicide. In this essay, I will discuss why
bullying is increasing in our schools and the responsibilities of the Department of
Basic Education, school authorities, and parents in dealing with the issue. Bullying
among children is a phenomenon that is neither new, nor unfamiliar. However, it was
not until somewhat recently that social scientists began to study this phenomenon in
more depth. The first of these studies were largely confined to the Scandinavian
country, Norway, where Dr. Dan Olweus started his research on bullying in the
1970's. Other countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States of America,
the Netherlands and Australia, soon followed suit. While attending a conference on
Health and Safety in South African schools during 2000, that included a summit on
bullying, it came to my attention that although the mentioned countries had done a
lot of research on the ways in which bullying can be addressed in their schools, this
seemed to be wanting in South Africa. From this awareness spread this particular
dissertation with the purpose of examining how bullying can be reduced in schools
by means of an appropriate anti-bullying intervention programme for the South
African school context.
First, research has shown that bullying is not something that children will grow out of.
Zarzour (2000:18) states that the University of Bergen in Norway had proved that
about 60% of boys characterised as bullies had at least one criminal conviction by
the age of 24. Furthermore, bullies were four times more likely than non-bullies to be
involved in serious repetitious unlawful activities. Secondly, regarding the victim,
Zarzour (2000:18) and Rigby (1996:59-61) argue that the pain the victim suffers in
childhood may haunt him throughout life and gnaw at his relationships as an adult.
Therefore, the consequences of bullying are negative and often life-long for both
victim and bully (Banks, 1997:1 & Zarzour, 2000:16). Thirdly, research has also
indicated that bullying has serious short-term consequences, not only for bullies and
victims, but also for schools, educators, parents, and bystanders (Berne, 1996:26-
31; Rigby, 1996:48-66; Smith & Sharp, 1994a:3 & Krige et al., 2000:10). Finally,
research has shown that the actions taken by schools, parents, and other members
of the community, can not only significantly reduce the occurrence of bullying in
schools, but also its influence on all involved (Rigby, 2000:15 & Smith & Sharp,
1994a:3)
There are several reasons why bullying is increasing in South African schools.
Firstly, the socio-economic divide in our country is widening, and this has led to
higher levels of inequality. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely
to experience bullying as they are often seen as targets for those who want to assert
their dominance. Secondly, social media has become a tool for bullies to torment
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