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Running head: ISSUES AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
ISSUES AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
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ISSUES AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In this assignment the current issues which affects children’s learning and development in the
Australian Primary school are discussed. The contemporary issues which affects the children’s
development can be gender equity, social media bullying and hurried childhood. The main topic
of this report is Cyber bullying. The introduction of the report discusses the theoretical approach
of the three theorists Freud, Vygotsky and Erikson. The report therefore uses different models to
develop the understanding of the problems faced in the primary schools.The second part termed
as findings focuses on different types of bullying, the roles of bullying and its factors.The
research also assesses the impact of bullyingon learning and development in Australian Primary
Schools.The recommendations states how bullying can be stopped and what measures should the
school authorities and the parents take to help the victim to overcome his fear. The research
concludes that bullying can negatively affect a child’s learning and development and the society
therefore needs to work out to control its effects on the children in school.

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ISSUES AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
Table of Contents
INTODUCTION:.............................................................................................................................4
FINDINGS:......................................................................................................................................5
Different Types of Bullying:.......................................................................................................5
Roles of bullying:........................................................................................................................7
Factors of bullying:......................................................................................................................7
Impacts of bullying......................................................................................................................8
RECOMMENDATIONS:..............................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION:............................................................................................................................11
REFERANCE LIST:.....................................................................................................................13

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ISSUES AFFECTING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
INTODUCTION:
In this report the current issues which is affecting children’s learning and development in
Australian primary school are been discussed.Cyber bullying is one of the international issues for
school children and young people.Bullying is an aggressive, unwanted behaviour among the
school students that involves imbalance of power with an intention to hurt others. Recent
Australian study suggests that internet usage has significantly increased among the school
children which also resulted in increase in cyber bullying. The Australian primary schools also
faces number of challenges. There are several issues which affect the development of school
children such as poor parental support, disciplinary issues, poverty, and bullying, hurried
childhood and gender equity. All these issues impacts learning and development of children
negatively. Freud’s psychodynamic theory states that the three components of mind are id, ego
and super ego. Psychosocial theory developed by Lev Vygotsky states that personality
development is developed through interaction with family and friends. Cognitive theory attempts
to explain human behaviour by understanding the thought process which is also an approach to
psychology (Cappadocia, Craig & Pepler, 2013). According to Erikson, human beings in each
stage faces a crisis that’s needs to resolved to develop ourselves socially and emotionally.
RATIONALE EXPLAINING THE RELEVANCE OF TEACHERS
Freud’s psychodynamic theory which mainly focuses on internal psychological process
can be applied to many theories of bullying along with defence mechanism and other internal
conflicts causing them to act with high level of aggression (Cavalletto, 2016) Vygotsky’s
Psychosocial approach is also another theory which states that development of personality takes
place throughout the life in eight stages. Lev Vygotsky’s theories stresses the role of social