Perceptions
Through my literature review, several perspectives have been examined when measuring school climate including: parents, students and teachers. These are not often looked at together, but separate indicators of a positive school climate. In many of the studies reviewed, fourth and fifth grade students completed a survey using a school climate index to determine their perception of the climate in schools. There is a relationship between school climate and student behavior at all schools, urban, suburban, and rural (Thapa, 2013). The research by Thapa highlights that school climate has a impact on student outcomes. Futhermore, the area of socio-emotional learning is addressed along with climate and success of students. This
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This study is informative for the research examination. Perception of parents, students and staff is present within climate survey administration. The organizing of prior research on school climate is by relationships, academic instruction. Other prior research associates safety perception of students to higher academic achievement (Griffith, 2000).
An emphasis on perception of teacher and parents is what has typically a researching process with through school climate. This is in contrast to a prior article, whereas that states perception of families assessing does not take place while referencing school climate. This study aims to compare two dimension of school climate regarding classroom indicators and teacher characteristics. Using a framework for comparison, individual, school and classroom factors reviewed. The results include that classroom factors have a greater influence on students’ perceptions of school climate than school level factors. These findings of the study connect to other studies regarding the impact on students’ perception of climate (Koth, Bradshow, & Leaf, 2008).
Teacher Perception
One role of the teacher is to give judgment and assessment to a student’s academic achievement. Prior research lacks to identify if teachers judgment and bias can influence the students’ academic ability while assessing based on the instrument used in regards to standardized assessments. A study worked to determine the impact of teacher judgment across
A common definition from four national sources defined school climate as “…the quality and character of school life that is based on patterns of school life experiences and reflects norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, teaching, learning and leadership practices, and organizational structures"
School climate consists of the attitudes, beliefs, values that underlie students’ academic success. School climate helps to shape the communication between and among students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community. The continued promotion of the expectation that diverse groups of students can be successful and the maintenance of a school climate conducive to academic productivity are important initiatives toward improving student achievement. According to Schwartz, the recognition of the many unique cultures within a school and incorporating the characteristics of these cultures into the learning environment contribute positively to the success of students as well as develop the skills for students of these cultures to be social successes in adulthood (Schwartz, 2001). A safe, orderly and healthy school climate also promotes mutual respect between students, teachers and administrators and emphasizes a well-publicized, fair, and uniform code of conduct. Schools must become caring and learning communities. It is important to impress a caring attitude upon students early before they become unreachable. School climate not only impacts students, but teachers and administrators as well. Research indicates that African American students who attend schools that are supportive and caring have significantly higher achievement, as perceived by their teachers, and school administrators. The schools’ characteristics that correlated with higher levels of achievement were cooperation among teachers and administrators, support for students, and clear expectations about the mission of the school. Goddard, Sweetland, and Hoy conducted a study with a population of 60% African American students and concluded that poor and minority students are more likely to excel when there is a school climate promoting academic excellence (Goddard, Sweetland, and Hoy,
academic success and research by Astor and others has consistently found key factors that can make schools safer: cultivate social and emotional health, connect to community resources and respond, particularly, to troubled students.” If schools had better communication and relationships,
and relationships within the school. It has been found that student perceptions of school climate
How would you categorize the school climate at the school where you are doing your fieldwork?
The members of Mabelle B. Avery's School Climate Task Force (SCTF) meet, and work, tirelessly on Fridays, in meetings filled with fun, work, and laughter. We put a lot into our projects, and you recently have helped us furnish, and fulfill, our most recent project- a School Store. At the end of March, the members of SCTF worked together in meetings and alone during private, personal time to write a grant that would allow us to expand our relatively modest store. Our mission in the store was, and is, to "improve the school climate of our school by encouraging healthy relationships between faculty and students, and by increasing the preparedness of our students for daily classes." With this money we have received, we can finally succeed in our
One Sturgeon Bay High School teacher by the name of Nicole Herbst, works as an educator in the art department, and was open to give her opinion on student-teacher evaluation as well as her concerns. Mrs. Herbst, like many others, brought up the worry of students not taking the assessment seriously. However, she acknowledged and supported the idea, that if the examination was done in the right way, it would be valuable. When asked, should high school students be able to evaluate their teachers? Mrs. Herbst answered with, “Yes, they should be allowed to, but as long as it is set up with different questions, criteria, and the teachers are given the rubric first, that's what we did with college professors. That way, it is fair for the students to think about different areas to score them on, as well as to show what strengths and weaknesses there could be in order for the teacher to get feedback on what could be working or what is confusing with their teaching style. Also, if the teachers know what they are getting graded on, like we should offer for the students, it helps to know what the teachers should professionally focus on more. It helps if the grading is in a survey style and rating system with areas to offer specific comments versus just one flat grade in order to truly be effective.” Her
I was impressed with school safety and climate meeting because it allowed for communication amongst community stakeholders and school leaders. By collaborating with individuals who have expertise in safety and allowing them to help problem-solve school issues, it was evident that student safety is clearly a high priority for the school. The meeting also verified that the policies and procedures we have in place are effective and meet the standards of the police and fire departments.
Research is essential to many disciplines as it helps answer question, solve problems, and develop and expand knowledge (Polit & Beck, 2017). Specifically, nursing research produces trustworthy evidence about topics that are important to nurses and their patients (Polit & Beck, 2017). In this paper, I am going to critically appraise Manias’ (2012) qualitative nursing research article titled: Complexities of pain assessment and management in hospitalized older people. Despite pain being designated as the “fifth vital sign,” it continues to often be managed sub-optimally (Drake & Williams, 2017). I chose to critically appraise this article because it is relevant to my own practice. While I believe the nursing staff, at the facility in which I am employed, manage patients’ pain well, I trust that we could do even better.
The students’ minor infractions and lack of violent incidents may explain why on the TWCS a majority of the teachers feel the school is safe but only fifty-five percent feel like rules are consistently enforced. In addition, only sixty percent reported that students understood expectations for their conduct. This was by far the weakest area for the school on the survey. Teacher practices affect school climate and culture and therefore must be addressed by the SIT team. Teachers’
School climate has been a popular educational issue for decades with students, families, teachers, and other educational leaders looking for ways to foster and develop the learning and achievement of students. Research has supported what teachers’ and parents have said for years; that schools should be safe and supportive environments, in which students have positive social relationships and are respected, are engaged in their work, and feel competent in their ability to do so. Some describe school climate as the feeling you get when you walk into a building. Do you feel welcomed? Safe? Included? Or do you feel lost? Tense? Unwelcome? When students, parents, educators, and community members walk into a school they are able to quickly form judgments about what it would be like to attend and work in that school. A positive school climate is about creating an inclusive school setting where all students can achieve to their individual potential.
In the early 1900’s, society agreed to separate secondary education and primary schools. The large enrollments in primary schools motivated the separation, creating junior high schools. Teachers in middle schools, much like high schools, often instruct 150 to 180 students per day, and students may have a different set of classmates from one period to the next. To determine whether a sense of connectedness and school climate should indeed be a
Literature reviews can give benefits to both the reader and the person conducting the literature review. It can provide an overview of the research in the area of which there previously had been a lack of familiarity (Knopf 2006), It enables the viewing of different perspectives on the subject matter that is currently out there (Hart 1998) as well as being able to avoid both dead end approaches as well as the identification of areas in which further research can take place (Gall, Borg & Gall 1996). Another positive it provides is it can put the current work being undertaken into a perspective in which it can show where it has added value to the current literature out there
Students’ attitudes are shaped by the facilities they are educated within. The physical setting around us stimulates all feelings, attitudes, desires, values and expectancies. This was emphasized in the McGuffey study done in 1972. This study concentrated on the housing element and found that students living within newer school buildings, filled with air conditioning and new classroom enhancements showed more positive attitudes than students housed in older buildings. The students were found to have significantly more positive attitudes towards school than the students in the older building. The Maslow and Mintz
The purpose of this study is to identify the students’ profile in terms of age, gender, family income, parents’ educational attainment, and grades for the last school year attended. It also needs to identify the school climate condition that provides school to understand the working condition and leadership, instructional focus and physical environment.