Researchers at the University of Warwick have been investigating how virtual reality could help children cope with bullying. They used a programme called FearNot!: a virtual school where children could assume roles as bullies, victims or bystanders. The characters were used to improvise real-life bullying incidents and pupils could interact with the characters and suggest ways to cope with, or resolve, the situation. The study involved 1,129 children aged between eight and nine from 27 primary schools across the UK and Germany. Half the children had three 30-minute sessions with the software over a three-week period while the other half formed a control group. The children who used the computer programme experienced a 26% decrease in victimisation.
You can find out more about this research at
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110105359.htm
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This would be interesting to see. I wonder if they could let the bullys play as well and give their players handicaps so that the other kids could bully them.
Elliot
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