A comparative analysis of cyberbullying perceptions of preservice educators: Canada and Turkey

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Ryan, Thomas ^a   Kariuki, Mumbi ^a   Yilmaz, Harun ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bullying; Comparative study; Cyberbullying; Preservice teachers; School policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960088998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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