The assignment is based on the following scenario.
As an LTU student you are given a placement at a secondary school. Recent reports in the media have raised awareness of a study conducted by researchers at LTU on the sexual health of secondary students. Two issues raised in the report have received particular attention about behaviours among secondary school students: alcohol and drug use; and the use of technology and cyber bullying.
The media attention has led to an increase in the number of parents at the school raising concerns about these issues. In response, the school principal has approached the LTU placement students, who are studying Public Health, Rehab Counseling or Health Information Management, and asked them to prepare a response to the report that includes additional analysis of relevant data. This is needed so that teachers in the school are better informed about the research and can answer parents’ questions. The principal makes it clear that the expectation is for “evidence-based reports” as some of the parents “know a lot about this sort of thing and we need to be clear that we know what we are talking about”.
The school has also collected data from a focus group with Year 12 students.
LTU students were asked to prepare a report based on the NSASSH report and the focus group data to address the following research question:
How does cyber bullying among high school students compare by year level and gender in terms of type and frequency of occurrence?
To answer this question you will need to consider:
Do the patterns of cyber bullying vary, in terms of the type of bullying and its frequency for male and female students in Years 10, 11 and 12?
Are any observed differences in types of cyber bullying for these groups statistically significant?
Possible impacts of cyber bullying behaviours in Year 12 students by considering the qualitative data available?
