Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa
We report research into associations between the school-level and classroom-level environment in science classrooms in South Africa. An instrument, developed to assess students’ perceptions of their classroom learning environment as a means of monitoring and guiding changes towards outcomes-based ed...
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| author | Aldridge, Jill Fraser, Barry Laugksch, R. |
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| description | We report research into associations between the school-level and classroom-level environment in science classrooms in South Africa. An instrument, developed to assess students’ perceptions of their classroom learning environment as a means of monitoring and guiding changes towards outcomes-based education, was administered to 2,638 Grade 8 science students from 50 classes in 50 secondary schools in Limpopo province. In addition, the teachers of each of the 50 classes responded to a questionnaire developed to assess factors in the school-level environment (such as the adequacy of resources, parental involvement and collegiality). The data collected using the two questionnaires were analysed to examine whether the environment created at the school level was linked to the likelihood of teachers successfully implementing outcomes-based education at the classroom level. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-215302017-03-08T13:18:45Z Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa Aldridge, Jill Fraser, Barry Laugksch, R. learning environment outcomes-based education South Africa science education school-level environment classroom-level environment We report research into associations between the school-level and classroom-level environment in science classrooms in South Africa. An instrument, developed to assess students’ perceptions of their classroom learning environment as a means of monitoring and guiding changes towards outcomes-based education, was administered to 2,638 Grade 8 science students from 50 classes in 50 secondary schools in Limpopo province. In addition, the teachers of each of the 50 classes responded to a questionnaire developed to assess factors in the school-level environment (such as the adequacy of resources, parental involvement and collegiality). The data collected using the two questionnaires were analysed to examine whether the environment created at the school level was linked to the likelihood of teachers successfully implementing outcomes-based education at the classroom level. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21530 http://www.ajol.info/index.php/saje/article/viewFile/63496/51339 Foundation for Education Science and Technology restricted |
| spellingShingle | learning environment outcomes-based education South Africa science education school-level environment classroom-level environment Aldridge, Jill Fraser, Barry Laugksch, R. Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title | Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title_full | Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title_short | Relationships Between the School-Level and Classroom-Level Environment in Secondary Schools in South Africa |
| title_sort | relationships between the school-level and classroom-level environment in secondary schools in south africa |
| topic | learning environment outcomes-based education South Africa science education school-level environment classroom-level environment |
| url | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/saje/article/viewFile/63496/51339 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21530 |