An Exploration of Students' Belongingness Beliefs in One Middle School

Autor/in	Nichols, Sharon L.
Titel	An Exploration of Students' Belongingness Beliefs in One Middle School
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Education, 76 (2008) 2, S.145-169 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0973
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Student Attitudes; Middle School Students; Metropolitan Areas; Interviews; Academic Achievement; Interpersonal Relationship; Educational Opportunities; Student Adjustment; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Schülerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ballungsraum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schulleistung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Adjustment; Studentin; Adaptation
Abstract	In this study, the author explored students' conceptions of belongingness on the basis of past and current school contexts and analyzed how conceptions did or did not change over time and from one school context to another. The participants included 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students (N = 45) who attended a newly formed charter school in a large metropolitan city in the Southwestern United States. The author used interview methods to obtain both closed- and open-ended student responses. Results suggested that students varied in their belongingness conceptions, with some students emphasizing the importance of interpersonal relationships and others emphasizing academic achievement or opportunity. The author used the results to generate a model of belonging that combines students' perceptions of the school climate for others with their perceived level of fit within it. The author also describes implications for future research on student belongingness. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure, and 3 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10