scholarly journals Changes in the perception of school climate and self-identified race in two Toronto cohorts

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda C. George ◽  
Alice Romo ◽  
Karen Robson
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Critical Policy Analysis ◽  
Students First ◽  
Latin American Students ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Drawing on Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Student Census data (2006 and 2011), we examine if there have been changes in the perceptions of school climate between two cohorts of high school students. First, we contextualize our study and review relevant policy changes to student inclusion and equity to set the stages for examining, by way of a sort of “natural experiment”, to see if there was a change in the perception of school climate by students after these policy changes occurred. We then review the scholarship on school climate, its relationship to race, and its relationships to educational experiences and outcomes. We then examine how self-identified race is associated with students’ perceptions of school climate in both cohorts, interpreting our results within a Critical Policy Analysis framework. We find evidence of improved school climate from 2003 to 2008, although the changes have not been uniform by self-identified race, and in some cases have worsened, particularly for self-identified Black and Latin American students.

Students' Perceptions of School Climate and Trait Test Anxiety

2012 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 761-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Chinese High School Students ◽  
Perceptions Of School

In a sample of 916 Chinese high school students, the relations among the students' perceptions of school climate and their trait test anxiety were examined. The results indicated that students' perceptions of teacher-student relationships and student-student relationships negatively predicted their trait test anxiety. Furthermore, girls had higher scores on trait test anxiety than boys.

High School Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Perceptions of School Climate

2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732093480
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Gage ◽  
Dennis A. Kramer ◽  
Kaci Ellis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
At Risk ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
School Students ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs), particularly those in high school, present myriad challenges for educators. Although research suggests that students with EBDs experience schooling differently than their peers, few studies have examined differences in perceptions of school climate. School climate is a multidimensional construct consisting of students’ perceptions of physical and social school environments. To address this gap, we leveraged school climate data from more than 350,000 high school students, including more than 5,000 with or at risk for EBDs, in Georgia. We estimated a series of multilevel models and found that students with or at risk for EBDs consistently report more negative perceptions of school climate than their peers across all school climate domains. We also examined whether individualized education program (IEP) services affected perceptions for students with EBDs, finding more positive perceptions for some domains for students with IEP services for EBDs compared with students with EBDs, but no IEP services. Implications and limitations are then discussed.

School Belonging, Educational Aspirations, and Academic Self-Efficacy among African American Male High School Students: Implications for School Counselors

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0801100
Author(s):  
Chinwe J. Uwah ◽  
H. George McMahon ◽  
Carolyn F. Furlow
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
African American Male ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
School Belonging ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male High School ◽  
Academic Self Efficacy ◽  
Perceptions Of School

While academic self-efficacy is widely considered an individual cognitive variable, it may be influenced by a sense of belonging and connection to others in the school community. Using a correlation and multiple regression design, the study in this article examined the relationship between perceptions of school belonging, educational aspirations, and academic self-efficacy among 40 African American male high school students. Results indicated that feeling encouraged to participate and educational aspirations were significant, positive predictors of academic self-efficacy. Other components of perceptions of school belonging were not significant in predicting academic self-efficacy. Recommendations for future research and practical suggestions for school counselors are discussed.

Adolescents’ perceptions of school climate: Exploring its protective role in times of economic recession

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 606-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chryse Hatzichristou ◽  
Vasiliki Stasinou ◽  
Aikaterini Lampropoulou ◽  
Panayiotis Lianos
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
School Students

The aim of the study is to explore the way Greek junior high school students perceive school climate as a protective factor against the adversities due to the ongoing economic recession. The randomly selected sample consisted of 746 students from junior high schools (Gymnasia) in the broader area of Athens. The California School Climate Survey (2009), the Questionnaire of Subjective Well-Being/Youth Form (Grob et al., 1991) and the Economic Crisis Difficulties Questionnaire ( LSP, 2011 ) were used for data collection. The findings indicated the existence of statistically significant relations between the effects of economic recession, subjective well-being and school climate. School climate moderated the interaction between economic recession and students’ subjective well-being. Results provide a better understanding of adolescents’ needs during unsettling times contributing to the development of effective evidence-based intervention programs in school communities.

Remote Laboratories for Engineering Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-195
Author(s):  
Isabela Nardi da Silva ◽  
Josiel Pereira ◽  
Juarez B Silva ◽  
Simone Bilessimo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Electronic Circuits ◽  
School Students ◽  
Remote Laboratory ◽  
Remote Laboratories ◽  
Collaboration Project ◽  
Latin American Countries

The VISIR+ project was an international collaboration project for the dissemination of the remote laboratory VISIR, a tool to support teaching the theory and practice of electrical and electronic circuits. The initiative was first disseminated in Europe, and Latin American countries such as Brazil followed. This chapter essentially aims to discuss the experience of the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil with the VISIR+ project. Various approaches were used for the dissemination of the initiative, including free courses for high school students, teacher training, and the creation of a virtual environment to discuss and share lesson plans that used the remote laboratory VISIR on their plots. In conclusion, the experience was observed as excellent for the institution and there was no reason to put the project ideas aside. After participating in the project, it becomes a challenge to ensure its sustainability.

scholarly journals Measuring School Climate among Japanese Students—Development of the Japan School Climate Inventory (JaSC)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4426
Author(s):  
Tomoko Nishimura ◽  
Manabu Wakuta ◽  
Kenji J. Tsuchiya ◽  
Yuko Osuka ◽  
Hideo Tamai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

School climate is a significant determinant of students’ behavioral problems and academic achievement. In this study, we developed the Japan School Climate Inventory (JaSC) to see whether it measures school climate properly. To do so, we investigated whether or not the measurement with JaSC varies across sub-groups of varying grade and of gender and examined the relationship between the perception of school climate and the psychological and behavioral traits at individual levels in a sample of Japanese elementary and junior high school students (n = 1399; grade 4–9). The results showed that the measurement was consistent, since single-factor structures, factor loadings and thresholds of the items were found not to vary across sub-groups of the participants. The participants’ perception of school climate was associated positively with quality of life, especially in school (β = 0.152, p < 0.001) and associated negatively with involvement in ijime (bullying) as “victim” and “bully/victim” (β = −0.098, p = 0.001; β = −0.188, p = 0.001, respectively) and peer relationship problems (β = −0.107, p = 0.025). JaSC was found to measure school climate consistently among varying populations of Japanese students, with satisfactory validity.

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