Teacher  Education  and   Development

In order to prepare adequately to teach the prevention of antisocial behaviours teachers need to acquire or strengthen several areas of their skills and knowledge. These include their knowledge about self-esteem, violence, bullying, hate crime, gangs, drugs, prejudice, Internet safety, sexual harassment, racism, television violence and other issues as well as their skills in conflict resolution, classroom management, cooperative learning techniques and safety/security procedures. Several documents were located in this search, but no overview of the knowledge and skills was found. Nor were documents found that responded to all of the topics listed above. Also, consideration needs to be given to what should be covered in pre-service teacher education as well as inservice programs.

Explanations (Summaries, Articles)

• Abdal-Haqq I, (1993). Integrated services: New roles for schools, new challenges for teacher education.ERIC Digest
• Girard KL, (1995). Preparing teachers for conflict resolution in the schools. ERIC Digest
• Reglin G, (1996). Television and Violent Classroom Behaviors: Implications for the Training of Elementary School Teachers

Evidence (Reports, Research Reviews, Major Case Studies)

• ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, (1995). Responding to Violence and Abuse: Educating Minnesota Professionals for the Future. A Report of the Statewide Task Forces

Examples (Canadian and Other Examples)

• Hughes HW, (1994). From Fistfights to Gunfights; preparing Teachers and Administrators to Cope with Violence in School
• Glenn J, (1990). Training teachers for troubled times. School Safety 

Resources

-Planning Guides

-Programs and Materials

• Reglin G, (1996). Television and Violent Classroom Behaviors: Implications for the Training of Elementary School Teachers
• Hughes HW, (1994). From Fistfights to Gunfights; Preparing Teachers and Administrators to Cope with Violence in School
• "Appendix C: Programs for Addressing School Violence" found in Day DM, Golench CA, MacDougal J, Beals-Gonzalz CA (1995). School-based Violence Prevention in Canada: Results of a National Survey of Policies and Programs, Department of Justice, Canada
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, (1994). Preventing and Coping with School Violence. A Resource Manual for Washington School Employees
• Zimmer JA, (1993). We Can Work It Out Problem Solving Through Mediation
• US Department of Justice Kids Page, Information for Teachers
  

-Policy Examples