Bullying in educational institutions of Ukraine and the USA

Abstract

Globalization, changing learning technologies, the transition  to a post-industrial information society, afrmation of the country’s priorities has led to the development of
the individual as the main indicator and key lever of modern progress and the state development. The necessity for educational reform and the need for a radical modernization
of educational institutions put forward the demand for society and the state to ensure the priority of the education and science development, which depend on the qualitative
professional activity of teachers, their readiness for useful work, pedagogical competence, skills, awareness and improvement the process of education and learning technologies, including differentiated and problem-based learning, game and information technology training, credit-module technology self-directed learning to increase the learning
process quality, as this is one of the important factors in improving the education quality and providing educational services. However, the systematic approach consumption is
used in the prevention of violence and bullying at higher learning institutions. The problem of bullying is widely discussed in Internet, newspapers, scientifc journals, etc. It is gaining more and more topical importance in our country every year, since it has not been thoroughly studied both from the point of theoretical studies view and from practice view as well.
This article deals with a systematic approach as one of the violence prevention methods and bullying at learning institutions; the concepts of bullying, cyberbullying, including cybermobbing, internet mobbing are clarifed; the role of increasing the students’ aggression is focused on, which is manifested in various reactions:
anger, meanness, insult, irritation, tendency to physical actions, in particular the willingness to solve problems and controversial issues with the help of physical
force; the statistical bullying manifestation data at learning institutions of Ukraine and the US are investigated, the using of parables’ role of contributing to the achievement of goals and objectives in the prevention of violence and bullying are highlighted, the bullying comparative analysis at educational institutions of Ukraine and the USA has been done.