Dr. Sairah Qureshi 
Bullying and Racist Bullying in Schools: What are we Missing?

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Bullying is an alarming problem that affects thousands of children and their families. According to the National Education Association an estimated 160,000 children miss school every day because they fear being attacked or intimidated by other students. The numbers are alarming but what is really being done about the problem? In her new book, Bullying and Racist Bullying in Schools: What ARE we missing?, Dr. Sairah Qureshi addresses the core issue by discussing what schools, parents and educators are missing when it comes to dealing with bullying and racism and presents solutions that are relevant and applicable to the education system.

Bullying and Racist Bullying in Schools is adapted from Dr. Qureshi’s PhD thesis. Her thesis focuses on young people’s perceptions of what exactly bullying and racist bullying is, the signs and causes, why it occurs and how it is manifested around the school environment. She uses these key elements to diagnose areas for growth in anti-bullying education within the school curriculum and presents recommendations which include methods to eradicate all forms of bullying. This incisive book also features modules and class-based activities; an ideal tool for school teachers, educators and researchers.

“This book has been inspired by the very dreams and desires of young people who want a prevention to bullying, but through policies that makes sense to them as well as legitimately put into place by the school via the educational curriculum and extra-curricular activities,” Dr. Qureshi says.

Eye-opening and relevant, Bullying and Racist Bullying in Schools is a must-read for teachers, educators, parents and in general concerned individuals who want to put an end to the pervasive problem of bullying.

For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to www.Xlibris.com.

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Dr. Sairah Qureshi, author of “School Bullying and Racist Bullying; Who are the Victims?” earned her PhD in the UK, November 2011. Her research focused on school bullying and racist bullying, via obtaining the perceptions of young people interviewed.  Adapted from her thesis, this exciting new book is unique from other studies as it offers the reader an analysis of all on school bullying and racism. Particularly, it examines bullying from a social psychological as well as socio-economic theoretical perspective, and explains the causes of bullying as per the individual psychological background and due to the socio-economic environment.  It addresses why bullying and racist bullying occurs and how it is manifested around the school environment.

Unlike most, this book highlights gaps in the literature as well as addressing the core issue, what schools, parents and educators are missing when it comes to dealing with bullying and racism. Henceforth, schools face underreporting on a significant level. Through academic and practical research, the author emphasizes areas for growth in anti-bullying education within the school curriculum and presents recommendations which include methods to eradicate all forms of bullying. Included are modules and class-based activities. This book is ideal for school teachers, educators and researchers.