The Central Importance of Peer Relationships for Student Engagement and Well-Being in a Rural Secondary School

Autor/in	Gristy, Cath
Titel	The Central Importance of Peer Relationships for Student Engagement and Well-Being in a Rural Secondary School
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 30 (2012) 3, S.225-240 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643944.2012.671343
Schlagwörter	Learner Engagement; Student Attitudes; Young Adults; Educational Experience; Peer Relationship; Well Being; Secondary Schools; Rural Schools; Student Experience; Case Studies; Adolescent Attitudes; Interviews; Social Cognition; Social Psychology; Administrator Attitudes; Employee Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Bildungserfahrung; Peer-Beziehungen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sekundarschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Studienerfahrung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Soziale Kognition; Sozialpsychologie; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This case study records the voices of a group of young people from an isolated rural community as they reflect on their experiences of secondary school. The study was driven by a desire to develop an understanding of the human connections young people make (or not) at school, to help develop understandings of how schools can be better places for their students. The data reveal that the students report their school experience almost entirely as a social activity. In the context of this study it is argued that the emotional support and "protection" that peer relationships seem to offer young people may be a key element in motivating them to attend school and supporting their well-being. With the focus of schools directed by inspection, standards and marketisation agenda, the importance of these peer relationships to young people may not be fully recognised by school leaders. Acknowledgement of the importance of these interactions to the students and accommodation of these needs physically and pedagogically in school may well be a key to developing positive relations between all members of the school community. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10