Assessing the psychosocial environment of science classes in Catholic secondary schools |
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Authors: | Mr Jeffrey P. Dorman Dr Campbell J. McRobbie Dr Barry J. Fraser |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Education, Australian Catholic University, P.O. Box 247, 4053 Everton Park, Q;(2) Centre for Mathematics and Science Education, Queensland University of Technology, Locked Bag 2, 4059 Red Hill, Q;(3) Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, G.P.O. Box U 1987, 6001 Perth, WA |
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Abstract: | Much Catholic school and church rhetoric suggests that Catholic schools possess distinctive learning environments. Research into this aspect of Catholic schooling has been hampered by the lack of an appropriate assessment instrument. By drawing on contemporary church literature, the perceptions of personnel involved in Catholic education and existing classroom environment questionnaires, a new instrument was developed to assess student perceptions of classroom psychosocial environment in Catholic schools. The use of this instrument in 64 classrooms in Catholic and Government schools indicated significant differences on some scales. The distinctive nature of Catholic schooling did not extend to all classroom environment dimensions deemed important to Catholic education. Specializations: Catholic education, learning environments. Specializations: conceptual change in students, science teacher professional development, scientific reasoning, learning environments. Specializations: learning environments, science education, educational evaluation, curriculum. |
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