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Presentations: This presentation provides the following: Defining "bullying"; the different types of bullying; traits of the victim; traits of the bully; gender differences in bullying; and teacher perspectives on bullying.
 * What We Know About Bullying: An Across Borders Review**

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This presentation provides information on the characteristics of effective and misguided efforts when implementing bullying prevention and intervention approaches.
 * What We Know About Effective Bullying Prevention and Intervention Approaches**

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[|BullyingInfo.org Bullying Prevention and Intervention]

From the U. S. Department of Education

Article 4 - Education
4.1 Education is the most effective means of preventing intolerance. The first step in tolerance education is to teach people what their shared rights and freedoms are, so that they may be respected, and to promote the will to protect those of others. 4.2 Education for tolerance should be considered an urgent imperative; that is why it is necessary to promote systematic and rational tolerance teaching methods that will address the cultural, social, economic, political and religious sources of intolerance - major roots of violence and exclusion. Education policies and programmes should contribute to development of understanding, solidarity and tolerance among individuals as well as among ethnic, social, cultural, religious and linguistic groups and nations. 4.3 Education for tolerance should aim at countering influences that lead to fear and exclusion of others, and should help young people to develop capacities for independent judgement, critical thinking and ethical reasoning. 4.4 We pledge to support and implement programmes of social science research and education for tolerance, human rights and non-violence. This means devoting special attention to improving teacher training, curricula, the content of textbooks and lessons, and other educational materials including new educational technologies, with a view to educating caring and responsible citizens open to other cultures, able to appreciate the value of freedom, respectful of human dignity and differences, and able to prevent conflicts or resolve them by non-violent means.

**[|Intergroup Contact Theory]** by Thomas F. Pettigrew
=[|Teaching Tolerance]=

[|Magazine] [|Professional Development] [|Speak Up!] [|Mix It Up!]



[|Teaching Diverse Students Initiative]
"The most significant educational challenge facing the United States is the tragically low academic achievement of many students of color. TDSi helps educators meet the challenge with a collection of research-based tools and resources designed to improve the teaching of racially and ethnically diverse students.

TDSI should be used by:
__**Schools and Districts**__ - K-12 teachers, school leaders, professional learning communities and school improvement teams, working alone or in groups, use these professional development tools to improve instructional practice and create positive school environments. __**Colleges of Education**__ - College faculty use these tools in courses designed to prepare pre-service teachers to work effectively in racially and ethnically diverse classrooms."

[|Hidden Bias: Implicit Association Tests]
Psychologists at Harvard, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington created "Project Implicit" to develop Hidden Bias Tests — called Implicit Association Tests, or IATs, in the academic world — to measure unconscious bias.

Click [|here] to take the tests.

=[|CREDE Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence]=

"The Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) is focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty. CREDE promotes research by university faculty and graduate students and provides educators with a range of tools to help them implement best practices in the classroom."

[|Center for Multicultural Education]
Successful K-12 Programs

[|Facing History and Ourselves]
Helping classrooms and communities worldwide link the past to moral choices today



[|Teaching for Change]
Building social justice starting in the classroom.

[|Understanding Prejudice]
[| - A listing of multicultural organizations]

=Edutopia= [|Social Emotional Learning]

Collaborative for Academic, Social, & Emotional Learning (CASEL)
[|Guidelines for Social and Emotional Learning: Quality Programs for School and Life Success]

=[|Challenge Based Learning]=

Take Action and Make a Difference
From Apple, Inc.

[|Rethinking Schools]



[|National Association for Multicultural Education]

[|Digital Citizenship]
Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.
 * Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship**


 * 1. Digital Access**
 * 2. Digital Commerce**
 * 3. Digital Communication**
 * 4. Digital Literacy**
 * 5. Digital Etiquette**
 * 6. Digital Law**
 * 7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities**
 * 8. Digital Health & Wellness:**
 * 9. Digital Security (self-protection)**