more than one in 10 teachers are bullied by pupils and colleagues through text messages, emails and social networking sites, new research shows.
schools are increasingly expected to teach pupils about new technologies - but the findings suggest students are using their skills to hound staff.
a former music teacher in the south-west of england said: "nasty text messages full of abuse may be little things in themselves but, after time, they meant i couldn't face going into school."
of those who had suffered cyberbullying personally, 63% had received unwelcome emails, 26% had offensive messages posted about them on social networking sites such as facebook or rate my teacher, and 28% were sent unwelcome text messages, according to the survey by the association of teachers and lecturers and the teacher support network.
a london-based modern languages teacher said: "my inbox was at one point filled with the most hateful and upsetting emails from an anonymous address. i knew there were pictures taken of me in class circulating via a networking site but i was powerless."
the survey of 539 school and college staff comes ahead of new government guidelines on tackling it. most of the reported cyberbullying - 44% - was done by pupils, but nearly a third of staff said a manager or colleague was behind it. the survey also highlighted the effect cyberbullying has on its victims, with 39% saying their confidence fell, 25% saying it made them a less effective teacher and 6% saying they were forced to take sick leave because of resulting illness or stress. nearly two thirds (62%) were not aware of any cyberbullying policy at their school.
the department for children, schools and families describes cyberbullying as "the use of information and communications technology, particularly mobile phones and the internet, deliberately to upset someone else".
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最新调查显示，十位教师中就有超过一位教师被学生和同事通过短信、电子邮件以及社交网站欺侮过。
人们希望学校更多地教授学生新科技，但是结果却显示学生们使用他们的这种技能来纠缠教职工。
英国西南部的一位前音乐教师说：“这些充满诋毁谩骂的烦人短信对于他们来说，可能只是小事，但是一段时间之后，这些短信让我不敢再进入学校了。”
根据英国教师及讲师协会（ the association of teachers and lecturers）和教师支持网络（ the teacher support network）的调查，在那些遭受网上暴力的人中，63%的人曾收到过不受欢迎的电子邮件，26%的人在诸如facebook或者“评师” （ratemyteachers.com）之类的社交网站上被贴过冒犯性帖子，28%收到过不受欢迎的短信。
一名居住在伦敦的现代语言教师说：“我的收件箱在一段日子里，全是来自一个匿名地址的极其可恶和令人沮丧的电子邮件。我知道我在上课时的照片通过一个社交网站在传播，可是对此我却无能为力。”
在这次对539家学校以及大学教职工的调查之后，政府将出台新的指导规则针对这种情况。大部分的网络暴力（44%）是由学生发起的，但是有接近三分之一的教职工称在网络暴力背后涉及了一名主管或者同事。这份调查同样还强调了网络暴力对受害者的影响，39% 的受访者称他们的信心受挫，25%的人说网络暴力让他们工作效率不如以前，6%的教职工称由此导致的疾病或压力迫使他们请病假。而近三分之二（62%）的受访者都不知道他们所在的学校有针对网络暴力的相关条例。
英国儿童、学校及家庭部将网络暴力定义为“使用信息以及联络技术——特别是手机和互联网，来故意使其他人沮丧的行为。”