Measuring Students' Sense of School Catholic Identity

Autor/inn/en	Kowalski, Monica J.; Dallavis, Julie W.; Ponisciak, Stephen M.; Svarovsky, Gina
Titel	Measuring Students' Sense of School Catholic Identity
Quelle	In: Journal of Catholic Education, 26 (2023) 1, S.83-101, Artikel 5 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Catholics; Catholic Schools; Elementary School Students; Student Attitudes; School Attitudes; Religious Factors; Sex; Instructional Program Divisions; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 8; Grade 7; Measures (Individuals); Self Concept; Academic Achievement; Knowledge Level; School Culture; Educational Environment; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholik; Katholische Schule; Schülerverhalten; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Messdaten; Selbstkonzept; Schulleistung; Wissensbasis; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	As a ministry of the Catholic Church, Catholic schools are charged with educating students' hearts and minds. Multiple standardized academic tests and other student assessments are available for monitoring both student and teacher outcomes in Catholic schools, but fewer measures exist for considering the school's faith-related mission. Although tests of student religious knowledge and benchmarks related to specific Catholic elements of the school are available, we do not yet have a robust set of instruments that provide teachers and leaders an understanding of their progress in providing a school environment permeated by Catholic culture and faith. To consider how students in Catholic schools perceive the Catholicity of their school and how these perceptions vary among different student groups, we developed, piloted, and validated the Sense of School Catholic Identity Survey (SSCI). This 20-item survey measures Grade 5 through 8 students' perceptions of their Catholic school as personal and invitational, sacramental, unitive, and eucharistic. Findings from the pilot study suggest that responses differ by student grade level, religious tradition, and gender. Future testing of the scale will examine school-level differences in Catholic identity. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01