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The Norwegian Education Act states that all pupils have the right to a safe and healthy school environment that promotes health, inclusion, well-being and learning. Further, the school must not accept offensive behavior, such as bullying, violence, discrimination and harassment.
The law also applies to after-school programs. More than 70 percent of all Norwegian schoolchildren aged 6-9 attend the after-school program before and after-school. Although they are under the same legislation as the school there are great variations in how these after school programs are run, regarding where they are held, what activities are offered how many adults per child and requirements for employees' competences. In order to be more successful in bullying intervention, it is necessary to include all actors in children's lives. Therefore, including the after-school program in the work of bullying intervention could be seen as crucial regarding the whole school community approach, first presented by Mona O’Moore (2010).
Research regarding the practice of bullying intervention in the Norwegian after-school program is needed as this is close to non – existing. The aim of this research is therefore to explore what work is done with regards to bullying intervention in the after-school program.
This research project is based on semi-structured interviews of a convenience sample of school principals, leaders of the after- school program in addition to assistants working in the after-school program.
Practical implications for working with bullying intervention in the Norwegian after school program and future research will be discussed.
| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Qualitative method study |
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
