Picturing School: Exploring Middle School Students' Perceptions of What Supports and Hinders Academic Success

Autor/in	Alley, Kathleen M.
Titel	Picturing School: Exploring Middle School Students' Perceptions of What Supports and Hinders Academic Success
Quelle	In: Middle Grades Research Journal, 12 (2018) 1, S.67-81 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-0814
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Student Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Participatory Research; Action Research; Photography; Visual Literacy; Barriers; Educational Environment; Academic Persistence; Student Responsibility; Educational Attitudes; Student Motivation; Teacher Influence; School Libraries; Librarians; Peer Influence; Bullying + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Schulleistung; Forschungstätigkeit; Projektforschung; Fotografie; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Schulische Motivation; School library; Schulbibliothek; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Mobbing
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways middle school students utilized visual photographing literacies during a participatory action research project as they jointly investigated factors that support and/or hinder students' academic success. Research questions included: (a) How do Sage Middle School (pseudonym) students perceive what supports or hinders students' academic success in school; and (b) In what ways do Sage Middle School students engage in visual photographing literacies to express and reflect on the factors that support or hinder students' academic success? Analysis indicated students felt their own attitudes and hard work, their teachers, other students, and appropriate and ample instructional resources could support or hinder their academic success. Findings from this research can be used by educators and educational researchers to aid in the development of interventions to improve students' perceptions of their learning environment; in particular, what they believe supports and hinders their academic success. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01