The milieu is affected by the dynamics of many areas, such as the class, the school, student relationships to one another, family relations, the community, and the political climate. [...] The teacher, returning to the front of her class to teach, gave Sam and I space to do this without directing the class’s attention to us. [...] Rather, the teacher is part of the curriculum and therefore part of the establishment of the goals in the first place and part of the ensuing achievement. [...] The frequency with which bullying occurs in schools requires educators to examine the key factors that produce and sustain bullying behaviours, such as personality traits of bullies and the victims, effects that bullying has on the victims and perpetrators, and to differentiate between classrooms that are successful at combating bullying and those that are not. [...] Establishing an authentic positive environment and providing ownership of the classroom community to the students demonstrate the teacher’s respect and value of students’ opinions and their contributions to the group.
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