Farm Stress and School Practice. SSTA Research Centre Report #95-12.

Institution	Saskatchewan School Trustees Association, Regina. Research Centre.
Titel	Farm Stress and School Practice. SSTA Research Centre Report #95-12.
Quelle	(1995), (40 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrator Attitudes; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Problems; Family Programs; Financial Problems; Foreign Countries; High Risk Students; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Principals; Pupil Personnel Services; Rural Family; Rural Schools; Staff Development; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungspraxis; Familienkrise; Family program; Familienprogramm; Ausland; Problemschüler; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Principal; Schulleiter; Landfamilie; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Kanada
Abstract	Interviews with 12 principals of K-12 schools in rural Saskatchewan examined practices enacted in 1992-93 to lessen the effects of the farm economic crisis on students. A seven-section literature review describes the financial, personal, family, and community components of the farm crisis in Canada and the United States and provides an overview of programs developed to combat the effects of the farm crisis. These programs include U.S. and Canadian family programs, programs for children, programs in U.S. and Canadian education, and Saskatchewan programs. The results of the principal interviews indicate that students were affected by the farm economic crisis in ways related to the physical quality of their lives, their behavior, shifting family employment patterns, and pressures to succeed in school. School responses to the crisis included curriculum modifications, alterations to teacher role, and changes in school procedures and relations with students and parents. Principals felt that ideal responses to student needs involved provision of professional counseling for students, additional time for staff to meet students' noninstructional needs, additional training for school personnel, curriculum to speak to present needs, and funding for student supplies. Principals also commented on student substance abuse, the effects of off-farm employment on parent participation, and rural "latch-key" children. Recommendations are offered concerning administration, budgeting, curriculum, and teacher education. Contains 41 references. (SV)
Anmerkungen	Saskatchewan School Trustees Assoc., 400 - 2222 Thirteenth Ave., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4P 3M7 ($11 Canadian).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC