Attitudes of Students at the Faculty of Education on the Bullying Prevention and Self-Evaluation of Competence in Preventing and Dealing with Classroom Bullying

Sa？etak The aim of this study was to explore attitudes of the students at the Faculty of Education towards bullying prevention programmes, the role of school and teachers in bullying prevention and their assessment of own competences in bullying prevention. Data was collected from 188 students of 3rd year of undergraduate and 1st and 2nd years of graduate study at the Faculty of Education in Osijek and Slavonski Brod. For the purposes of this study a questionnaire was developed regarding (1) attitude towards effectiveness and importance of bullying prevention programmes, (2) attitude towards the role of schools in bullying prevention, (3) attitude towards the role of teachers in bullying prevention and (4) assessment of one's own competences in bullying prevention. The results have showed that 56, 9 % participants have experience with bullying prevention programmes, and they evaluate their effectiveness as moderate. Participants think that bullying prevention programmes are very important, but that their implementation is moderately effective. They believe that schools and teachers have important role in bullying prevention; however, they estimate their own skills in bullying prevention as moderate. Teachers are vital in bullying prevention, so it is necessary to implement continuous education about bullying prevention programmes in their education