Authoritative School Climate and Student Academic Engagement, Grades, and Aspirations in Middle and High Schools

Abstract

This study tested the theory that an authoritative school climate characterized by disciplinary structure and student support is conducive to positive academic outcomes for middle and high school students. Multilevel multivariate modeling at student and school levels was conducted using school surveys completed by statewide samples of 39,364 students in Grades 7 and 8 in 423 middle schools and 48,027 students in Grades 9 through 12 in 323 high schools. Consistent with authoritative school climate theory, both higher disciplinary structure and student support were associated with higher student engagement in school, higher course grades, and higher educational aspirations at the student level in both samples. At the school level, higher disciplinary structure was associated with higher engagement, and higher student support was associated with higher engagement and grades in both samples. Overall, these findings add new evidence that an authoritative school climate is conducive to student academic success in middle and high schools.

Impacto de la convivencia escolar sobre el rendimiento académico, desde la percepción de estudiantes con desarrollo típico y necesidades educativas especiales

“…Vivenciar en las aulas situaciones de indisciplina escolar durante el desarrollo de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje afecta de forma significativa al grado de aprovechamiento académico, pues no sólo se vinculan con el establecimiento de un ambiente propicio para que el aprendizaje ocurra, sino que también influye negativamente en la motivación por aprender de dichos estudiantes (Arens, Morin & Watermann, 2015), en cambio una organización escolar con una estructura de mayor disciplina se asocia con mayor compromiso de parte de los estudiantes hacia el aprendizaje (Cornell, Shukla, & Konold, 2016), por el contrario en las escuelas sin normas, estructuras y relaciones de apoyo, los alumnos tienen más posibilidades de verse afectados por situaciones de acoso de pares o violencia, lo que se traduce generalmente en mayor ausentismo escolar y un menor rendimiento académico (Astor, Guerra, & Van Acker, 2010).…”

Wielowymiarowość zaangażowania uczniów w aktywności szkolne

“…Czynniki facylitujące siłę przywiązania to: odpowiednie praktyki dyscyplinujące uczniów, właściwy nadzór rodziców w zakresie odrabiania zadań domowych oraz pozytywny stosunek rówieśników do obowiązków szkolnych (akademickich). Warto dodać, że facylitująca rola klimatu klasowego i stylu nauczania w zaangażowaniu została potwierdzona w badaniach Dewey Cornell, Kathana Shukla i Timothy'ego Konold (2016). W świetle tych danych wsparcie okazywane w klasie, autorytatywny klimat i sprawiedliwość w dyscyplinowaniu uczniów są czynnikami wzmacniającymi zaangażowanie, sprzyjającymi wysokim osiągnięciom szkolnym i aspiracjom edukacyjnym.…”

Three Social Contexts of Bullying in Adolescence: Bystanders, Teachers, and Dating Partners

“…The sample consisted of 32,428 9 th , 10 th , 11 th , and 12 th grade students who completed the State Secondary School Climate Survey as part of the state's annual school safety audit program (Cornell et al, 2016 All students were eligible to participate in the study, except for those with limited English proficiency or an intellectual or physical disability that would prevent them from completing the survey. Schools received the option to (a) invite all 9 th through 12 th graders to participate in the study (whole grade option; 44 schools) or (b) randomly select 25 students from each grade to participate (random sample option; 206 schools).…”

“…The initial sample consisted of 62,679 ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students who completed the 2016 State Secondary School Climate Survey as part of the state's annual school safety audit program (Cornell et al, 2016). To focus on students who were actively dating and thus could experience dating aggression, the sample was subdivided to include only those who reported dating someone in the past 12 months (48.2%).…”