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Direct linkAtli Harðarson – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
This paper has two aims. One is to draw a distinction between two types of trust. The other is to argue for its applicability in academic discourse on educational policies. One of the two types of trust is "ethical trust" that rests on beliefs about others' ethical virtues. The other is "institutional trust" that typically…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Ethics, Reliability, Schools
Download full textKenkmann, Andrea – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
In schools, children experience their environment on three different levels: firstly, they constantly make spatial decisions by positioning themselves in relation to others and organising their immediate environment; secondly, they can potentially contribute to shaping the classroom spaces; and, thirdly, they are confronted with the designed…
Descriptors: School Space, Educational Facilities Design, Student Experience, Memory
Farmer, Thomas W.; Petrin, Robert; Brooks, Debbie Sprott; Hamm, Jill V.; Lambert, Kerrylin; Gravelle, Maggie – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
Bullying involvement status (i.e., bully, victim, bully-victim) and school adjustment were examined in a sample of 1,389 fifth graders (745 female, 644 male) including 145 special education students who were served in general education classrooms for at least 50% of the day. The sample was drawn from 35 rural schools in seven states across all…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Student Adjustment, Disabilities
DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
Moms and Schools Educational Choice, conducted by Braun Research, Inc. (BRI), measures Americans views on area schools (district, charter, or private), school type preferences, and school vouchers. In this paper, Moms, report response levels of public opinion. For some questions, discussion to examine differences of voter opinion (sometimes using…
Descriptors: Mothers, School Attitudes, Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education
Kauh, Tina J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2011
This report presents findings from a two-year quasi-experimental evaluation of the "AfterZone"--a citywide system-building effort in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth. The AfterZone model is unique in that it is built on a network of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness
Kauh, Tina J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2011
This executive summary highlights the main findings from our participation and outcomes analysis of the "AfterZone" initiative--a citywide system-building effort in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth. The summary briefly defines the AfterZone's unique…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness
Pahic, Tea; Vidovic, Vlasta Vizek; Miljevic-Ridicki, Renata – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
This article compares Roma and mainstream parents' involvement in the education of their children, based on Epstein's six-dimensional model of parent-school partnership. The survey was conducted in Croatia on two sub-samples: 60 Roma parents and 908 mainstream parents. Results suggest that Roma parents show lower interest in participating in…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Parent School Relationship
Drummond, Aaron; Halsey, R. John; van Breda, Marja – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
The present study investigated rural residents' perceived importance of university presence in rural, regional and remote Australia. The present data indicate that the presence of university in rural areas is perceived as highly important by both rural and urban citizens. Results indicate that rural residents perceive that there is a need for…
Descriptors: Universities, Rural Schools, School Attitudes, Rural Areas
Downey, Douglas B.; Ainsworth, James W.; Qian, Zhenchao – Sociology of Education, 2009
Blacks offer positive responses to a wide range of survey questions gauging attitudes toward schooling, yet perform less well in school than do whites. The credibility of blacks' attitudes is a central issue among competing explanations for this paradox. In this article, the authors assess questions about the validity of blacks' pro-school…
Descriptors: School Attitudes, Credibility, Minority Groups, African Americans
Savelsberg, Harry Joseph – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
Australian youth income support and educational policies have focused on increasing participation and retention in schools. The assumptions and rationales underpinning these policies assert a positive relationship between educational engagement, employment and social inclusion. This paper examines these assumptions and rationales and, drawing upon…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Welfare Services, School Holding Power
Silva, Kassondra M.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Sulik, Michael J.; Valiente, Carlos; Huerta, Snjezana; Edwards, Alison; Eggum, Natalie D.; Kupfer, Anne S.; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Phillips, Beth M.; Wilson, Shauna B.; Clancy-Menchetti, Jeanine; Landry, Susan H.; Swank, Paul R.; Assel, Michael A.; Taylor, Heather B. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of children's effortful control and quality of relationships with teachers to school attitudes longitudinally in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample. Data were collected as part of a larger intervention project during mid-fall, winter, and late spring…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Attitudes, Low Income, Structural Equation Models
Lang, Jason M.; Waterman, Jill; Baker, Bruce L. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2009
Computeen, a preventive technology and psychosocial skills development program for at-risk adolescents, was designed to improve computer skills, self-esteem, and school attitudes, and reduce behavior problems, by combining elements of community-based and empirically supported prevention programs. Fifty-five mostly Latino adolescents from 12 to 16…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Prevention
Converse, Noelle; Lignugaris/Kraft, Benjamin – Remedial and Special Education, 2009
This study investigated the impact of a school-based mentoring program on at-risk students' office referrals, unexcused absences, and school attitude. Students who participated in the mentoring program had statistically significant reductions in office referrals and statistically significant improvements in school attitude. Based on an analysis of…
Descriptors: Mentors, School Attitudes, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Fletcher, Adam; Bonell, Chris; Rhodes, Tim – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
We draw on case-study research at a high-achieving secondary school in London to illustrate how school experiences may influence drug use and reproduce inequalities in reconstructed ways in late modernity. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with students and teachers, and observations. We focus in particular on the…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Females, Disadvantaged, High Achievement
Erath, Stephen A.; Flanagan, Kelly S.; Bierman, Karen L. – Social Development, 2008
This study investigates shared and unique associations of early adolescent friendship and peer victimization with self reports of school liking and teacher reports of academic competence. Participants were 398 sixth and seventh grade students and their teachers and peers. Measures of friendship included self reports of friendship support and…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Grade 7
