Development of a Classroom Program for Bystander to Take Action Against Bullying

―Utilizing a Video Material Featuring Selection and Story Branching―

Abstract

　We developed a classroom program titled “The Choices We Can Make” with an aim to help students learn about the effect of classroom atmosphere on bullying and how bystanders’ behavior can stop it. The program includes an original interactive video material, which features a branching storyline that will be selected on the basis of the choices made by students in a classroom. As the implication of this research shows, it can be said that the effectiveness of this program was verified.