The Respect Effect anti-bullying educational resource aims to empower students to recognise and take action against online bullying, through their own positive actions and behaviours and through helping to create an antibullying environment on a school-wide level.
Developed by Webwise, the Irish Internet Safety Awareness Centre; The Respect Effect is designed to support teachers in addressing the learning outcomes within the Junior Cycle SPHE course that relate to online bullying and abusive behaviour.
The resource comprises of eight lesson and is supported by videos, activity sheets, fact sheets and best-practice guidance. It sets out to foster empathy, respect and resilience and to help young people to understand the consequences of their actions and the impact of cyberbullying on all involved. The learning activities aim to develop students' social and emotional literacy in the online environment and to promote critical thinking and responsible digital citizenship.
The new resource can be ordered or downloaded for free HERE.
The Respect Effect – Lessons:
- Lesson 1. Connecting Online
- Lesson 2. Understanding the Impact
- Lesson 3. Behind the Screen
- Lesson 4. Showing Empathy
- Lesson 5. Only Messing
- Lesson 6. Taking Action: Upstanders and Allies
- Lesson 7. Navigating Friendships
- Lesson 8. Report: #UptoUs
In delivering these lessons teachers are embedding anti-bullying education within the SPHE curriculum for Junior Cycle students.
The Respect Effect resource can be used:
- To address the anti-bullying learning outcomes of the updated SPHE Junior Cycle course;
- To meet the education and prevention strategy requirements of the Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying;
- To encourage positive and safer use of technology by young people;
- To empower young people to take ownership of addressing the issue of bullying in their local environment through running awareness campaigns;
- To engage students in the development of a school's Anti-Bullying Policy and also its Online Safety Guidelines and Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP).
Visit webwise.ie/therespecteffect for more information, and to order or download the new resource.
Webwise is the Irish Internet Safety Awareness Centre, part of Oide, a Department of Education funded support service. Webwise is co-funded by the Department of Education and co-financed by the European Union.
