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ERIC Number: EJ1369760
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 44
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: EISSN-2518-6833
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Improving the Quality of School Interactions and Student Well-Being: Impacts of One Year of a School-Based Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Torrente, Catalina; Johnston, Brian; Starkey, Leighann; Seidman, Edward; Shivshanker, Anjuli; Weisenhorn, Nina; Annan, Jeannie; Aber, John Lawrence
Journal on Education in Emergencies, v1 n1 p48-91 Oct 2015
Improving the quality of education for millions of children worldwide has become a global priority. This study presents results from the first experimental evaluation to test the impact of a universal school-based program on (1) the quality of school interactions (i.e., students' perceptions of the level of support/care and predictability/cooperation in their school and classrooms), and (2) students' subjective well-being (i.e., peer victimization and mental health problems). The study took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a low-income country affected by decades of conflict. The evaluation employed a cluster-randomized trial, where the unit of randomization was clusters of two to six schools. Included in the analyses were 3,857 students in second through fourth grades, who attended sixty-three schools nested in thirty-nine clusters. After one year of partial implementation, multilevel analyses showed promising but mixed results. The program had a significant positive impact on students' perceptions of supportive and caring schools and classrooms, but a negative impact on their sense of predictability and cooperation. The program's average effect on students' subjective well-being was not statistically significant, but differential impacts were found for various subgroups of students. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the study and future directions for research in this field.
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies. 122 East 42nd Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10168. e-mail: journal@inee.org; Web site: https://inee.org/evidence/journal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 2; Primary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: USAID
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Identifiers - Location: Congo
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Grant or Contract Numbers: 623A1000023
Author Affiliations: N/A