Relationships between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry J.; Laugksch, Rüdiger C.
Titel	Relationships between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 31 (2011) 1, S.127-144 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; Science Education; Classroom Environment; Outcome Based Education; Grade 8; Student Surveys; Teacher Surveys; Questionnaires; Educational Environment; Performance Factors; Multiple Regression Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschule; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Lernerfolgsmessung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Leistungsindikator; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	We report research into associations between the school-level and classroom-level environment in science classrooms in South Africa. An instrument, developed to assess students' perceptions of their classroom learning environment as a means of monitoring and guiding changes towards outcomes-based education, was administered to 2,638 Grade 8 science students from 50 classes in 50 secondary schools in Limpopo province. In addition, the teachers of each of the 50 classes responded to a questionnaire developed to assess factors in the school-level environment (such as the adequacy of resources, parental involvement and collegiality). The data collected using the two questionnaires were analysed to examine whether the environment created at the school level was linked to the likelihood of teachers successfully implementing outcomes-based education at the classroom level. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01