Some of the reasons why some teachers model the aggressive behavior they experience at home may be due to their level of education and years of teaching experience. In some states, when teachers are tenured, they cannot or are unlikely to be fired. Three articles (see Table 8) directly tested the assumption that education and/or experience were related to bullying behavior. Zerillo (2011) conducted a two-part study to see how teacher training and experience influenced how teachers perceived bullying behavior. In the first part, teachers were asked to respond to a survey on teachers' perceptions of peer bullying and teacher-to-student bullying (quantitative data). In the second part, two focus groups were held to discuss the same problems (qualitative data). The results of the quantitative data revealed that teachers with more teaching experience (ages 11 and up) thought that bullying, such as teacher bullying, denying access to students and belittling them, was a more serious problem than those who had less teaching experience. Surprisingly, when comparing teacher bullying and peer bullying, teachers are fine...
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