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Bullying is an extensive phenomenon as reports indicate around 35% of victimization in schools. Recent studies confirm the impact of bullying on Physical Education (PE), highlighting the key role that PE teachers play in preventing, detecting, and tackling Bullying. In this line, PE teachers should possess specific knowledge and strategies to address this issue, but recent evidence suggests that undergraduate PE students do not receive training on Bullying. Therefore, this work aims to analyze the impact of an education program for undergraduate PE Teaching students on how to tackle bullying. A total of 120 students from three Spanish universities participated in the education program. All participants were last-year students in the Primary School Teachers Degree, and specifically they were specializing in the Physical Education degree. The education program consisted of 2 sessions that included theoretical aspects of bullying, as well as prevention, detection, and intervention strategies and resources. We evaluated the participants’ satisfaction and learnings through the pre- and post-administration of an ad-hoc survey. Moreover, we conducted a focus group with 6 participants to complement the information. Preliminary results suggest an improvement of future PA teachers’ knowledge and skills on how to prevent, detect, and tackle bullying issues. Moreover, participants also valued positively their experience in their program. This study adds evidence on the development and implementation of evidence-based intervention programs around Bullying, which has been detected as a gap in university education programs.
Keywords
Bullying, university training, competences, undergraduate physical education students
| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Mixed method study |
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
