{"id":16460,"date":"2021-09-02T10:08:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.yorku.ca\/?p=16423"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:22:04","slug":"is-violence-against-teachers-being-normalized-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/news\/2021\/09\/02\/is-violence-against-teachers-being-normalized-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is violence against teachers being normalized?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2021 \u2013 Workplace violence against female elementary school teachers by some of their students is often dismissed or diminished despite serious injury and emotional harm, says the lead author of a new paper out of 快播视频.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the issue is often invisible, complex, intertwined, messy and insidious, say co-authors 快播视频 Assistant Professor Tuulia Law of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and Professor Chris Bruckert of the University Ottawa.<\/p>\n

They are quick to point out that the students are also victims here, as so many cuts to school resources mean supports for students are seldom available. Without them, some students lash out at teachers, often causing serious injury such as concussions. They say there is mounting evidence that student violence against Canadian educators is a pervasive problem, yet it\u2019s not being taken seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s frightening, the kinds of things elementary school teachers in Ontario are experiencing and many of the teachers felt blamed for the violence by the school\u2019s administrators for a lack of skills or competencies, or even caring,\u201d says Law. \u201cThey often reported facing questions that asked things like \u2014 \u2018what did you do to create the problem\u2019?\u201d The response to the violence is gendered.<\/p>\n