Design your own spring break course may 3 2012
- 2. Professor Selena M. Respass Professor Sherry Rix May 3, 2012
- 4. Social Awareness Emphasizing accurately with other peoples emotion
- 5. Handling emotions in relationships with skill and harmony
- 6. School Domestic Dating Hate & Bias Crimes Bullying/Cyber-Bullying Road Rage
- 7. School violence is an incident that occurs on public/ private school property or college/university campus Bullying is the intimidation or humiliation of another human being regardless of their race, color, creed or gender Cyberbullying can be defined as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices."
- 11. According to the Cyberbullying Research Center : Approximately 20% of the students report experiencing cyberbullying in their lifetimes. Mean or hurtful comments (13.7%) and rumors spread (12.9%) online are the most common types of cyberbullying. Adolescent girls are significantly more likely to have experienced cyberbullying in their lifetimes (25.8% vs. 16%).
- 12. How do cyberbulllying victims feel? According to the Cyberbullying Research Centerboth boys and girls are likely to report feelingangry, sad, and embarrassed. Slightly more girls than boys feel frustrated, while significantly more boys are scared as a result of cyberbulllying. According to the AP-MTV survey, 56% of those who have been bullied reported that they were “very” or “extremely” upset the most recent time they were targeted. Moreover, young people who have been bullied were twice as likely to have received treatment from a mental health professional and nearly 3 times more likely to have considered dropping out of school!
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- 15. Students must be educated that ethics and cultural diversity is key in being a part of this global community as it relates to being proactive to violence as a public health issue Students must recognize that violence is a part of the world’s culture and that we must seek to change this historical fact.
- 17. Racial, ethnic, cultural diversity, gender differences, same sex orientation, socio-economic status, environmental issues , and religious beliefs have an impact on violence in our society What is difference between you or “them” and who is them? As Miami Dade College Students and Faculty how do we co- exist as human beings and stop the violence that effects/affects , school, home and work recognizing violence as a public health issue?
- 19. Do you want to support the: Miami Dade College & School of Justice and Social Science Department, Violence Prevention Initiative “ Increase the Peace” and promote our College as a leader in Violence Prevention in the community and across the nation? Contact the School of Justice or the Social Science Departments to make a difference and remember this is not a club or student organization, but a “wake up and smell the coffee “ moment about : MDC & School of Justice and Social Science Department Violence Prevention Initiative, “Increase the Peace” Professor(s) Selena M. Respass and Sherry Rix Miami Dade College, School of Justice & Social Science Department
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