Author: Judith KennedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : School discipline
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Student Perceptions of School Climate and In-school Suspension as a Discipline Technique in Junior High School
Author: Judith KennedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : School discipline
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Discipline and Guidance
Author: Sherrel BergmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
At the middle school level, school climate, curriculum, instructional strategies, and the availability of positive adult role models all affect student performance. This study sought to determine student perceptions of discipline effectiveness, teaching strategies, and school climate. Early adolescents (N=220) between the ages of 11 and 16 in 20 middle schools were interviewed. The schools were representative of large, urban, suburban, and rural settings. Results showed a more positive picture of student perceptions of their schools than might have been expected. When asked to describe their schools, 53 percent gave positive comments, 36 percent gave negative comments, and 11 percent gave noncommital comments. Every student mentioned at least once that they would like someone to listen to them. For the most part the students who were interviewed were gregarious and talkative and needed more time to socialize than the school day allowed. Fourteen recommendations are given for middle school administrators to use in developing programs for students who cause repeated classroom disturbances and are at risk of alienating themselves from the schooling process. These recommendations range from designing an active advisory program and comprehensive curriculum to helping teachers plan for effective instruction. (ABL)
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Relationships of School Climate and Congruence of Administrator, Teacher, and Student Perceptions Regarding Discipline to the Degree of Severity of Discipline Techniques Used in Schools
Author: Judith Ann Sporcich FontiusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : School discipline
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Discipline Practices and School Climate
Author: Annmary Shenouda AbdouPublisher:
ISBN: 9781303424434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The sociocultural inequities and undesirable student outcomes that result from the overuse and misuse of exclusionary and punitive discipline practices reflect serious consequences for school environments and society as a whole. As research on discipline disproportionality with Latino/a students has been inconsistent, the current study utilizes the baseline ethnic distribution method to further explore discipline experiences of this population. In addition, using teachers and staff survey responses from four junior high schools (N = 168), hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to further understand the social structures that may influence the types of discipline used in schools. Specifically, the relations between adult-student relationships, racial climate, and the use of punitive and positive discipline practices were explored. Results indicate that Latino/a students are significantly more likely to be excluded from school than White students. Racial climate was also found to be a significant moderator in the relation between adult-student relationships and punitive discipline techniques. Implications for theory, research, and practical application are discussed.
The Relationship of School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports to School Climate and Student Behavior
Author: Lisa A. DionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Achievement motivation in children
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
"Since the 1970s, one of the hallmarks of reforms of junior high and middle schools has been the recognition of social 'needs' of young teens and the ways in which schools have failed to serve them" (Juvonen, p. 197, 2007). If school climate is left to fail, adolescents are at a risk for developing mental health problems, anxiety, antisocial behaviors, and depression (Shortt, Alison, & Spence, 2006). Unless discipline issues are at a minimum, instruction will be interrupted and teaching time will be lost (McIntosh, Bohanon & Goodman, 2011).^ The following research questions are a few of the questions that guided this study: 1. What are the students' perceptions of school climate at the end of the school 2014 year? 2. What are the differences in the number of Office Disciplinary Reports (ODRs) from pre-implementation of the SWPBS in 2009 to post-implementation of the SWPBS in 2014 by grade level and gender? ^ This study employed a causal-comparative research design utilizing ex post facto data collected from ODRs and a School Climate Survey to determine feasibility and worthiness of a School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS). The students in this study (N=487) were from a small suburban middle school located in the Northeast.^ Analyses of students' perceptions of school climate were negative in the following three dimensions: Order and Discipline=41%, Student-Interpersonal Relations=49% and Student-Teacher Relations =78%. An analysis of ANOVAs revealed significant differences between grade levels 5 to 8 (p=
Approaching Disparities in School Discipline: Theory, Research, Practice, and Social Change
Author: Adams, Anthony TroyPublisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1668433613
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
School discipline is a leading cause of inequities in educational opportunities and contributes to the achievement gap. To understand where these disparities originate and what can be done to ensure students have an equal education, further study must be done. It is crucial for schools and educators to adjust their discipline policies in order to promote social change and support the learning of all students. Approaching Disparities in School Discipline: Theory, Research, Practice, and Social Change considers theory, research, methods, results, and discussions about social change and describes the school discipline quandary by presenting numerous frameworks for understanding disparities in school discipline. Covering a range of topics such as cultural bias, education reform, and school suspensions, this reference work is ideal for academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Handbook of Classroom Management
Author: Carolyn M. EvertsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135283443
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1872
Book Description
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue to be a major cause of teacher burnout and job dissatisfaction. Strangely, despite this enduring concern on the part of educators and the public, few researchers have chosen to focus on classroom management or to identify themselves with this critical field. The Handbook of Classroom Management has four primary goals: 1) to clarify the term classroom management; 2) to demonstrate to scholars and practitioners that there is a distinct body of knowledge that directly addresses teachers’ managerial tasks; 3) to bring together disparate lines of research and encourage conversations across different areas of inquiry; and 4) to promote a vigorous agenda for future research in this area. To this end, 47 chapters have been organized into 10 sections, each chapter written by a recognized expert in that area. Cutting across the sections and chapters are the following themes: *First, positive teacher-student relationships are seen as the very core of effective classroom management. *Second, classroom management is viewed as a social and moral curriculum. *Third, external reward and punishment strategies are not seen as optimal for promoting academic and social-emotional growth and self-regulated behavior. *Fourth, to create orderly, productive environments teachers must take into account student characteristics such as age, developmental level, race, ethnicity, cultural background, socioeconomic status, and ableness. Like other research handbooks, the Handbook of Classroom Management provides an indispensable reference volume for scholars, teacher educators, in-service practitioners, and the academic libraries serving these audiences. It is also appropriate for graduate courses wholly or partly devoted to the study of classroom management.
Assessing the Impact of School Discipline on School Climate in New York City Public Schools
Author: Andrew Scott MaiselPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This proposed research will seek to understand the relationship between zero-tolerance school discipline policies, specifically out-of-school suspensions, and student perceptions of school climate in New York City (NYC) public schools. School climate is defined as the perceptions of students, teachers, and administrators of their school environment and is considered one of the key determinants of academic, social, and emotional success within a school. Using data from the NYC Annual School Survey and U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights and Ordinal Logit modeling, this paper will analyze the relationship between high discipline rates and the key school climate measures -- safety, communications, engagement, and academic expectations -- understood through student-level survey data. This proposed research will build off previous, less quantitatively rigorous analysis which found a negative relationship between suspensions and expulsions and perceptions of school climate.
Author: Gregory Neal Green