The influence of school culture and school climate on violence in schools of the Eastern Cape Province

dc.creator	Kalie Barnes
dc.creator	Susette Brynard
dc.creator	Corene de Wet
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:58Z
dc.identifier	0256-0100
dc.identifier	2076-3433
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fb50b4c4ea2c472990796f7127c390ef
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10171
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/fb50b4c4ea2c472990796f7127c390ef
dc.description	This article reports on research undertaken about the influence of school culture and school climate on violence at schools in the Eastern Cape. An adapted California School Climate and Survey - Short Form (CSCSS-SF), which was used as the data-collection instrument, was completed by 900 Grade 10 to 12 learners. With the assistance of Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, it was found that the better the school culture and school climate are at a school, the lower the levels of school violence. On the other hand, a lack of school safety contributed to learners experiencing higher levels of violence at schools. The results of hierarchy regression analyses indicated that school culture and school climate can be used to explain a significant percentage of variance in school violence. The f² values indicate that, with the exception of two aspects of the variance physical and verbal harassment, the results did not have any practical value. The article concludes with a few suggestions on how the results can be used to address school violence.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation	http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002012000100006
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source	South African Journal of Education, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 69-82 (2012)
dc.subject	CSCSS-SF
dc.subject	school climate
dc.subject	school culture
dc.subject	school violence
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	The influence of school culture and school climate on violence in schools of the Eastern Cape Province
dc.type	Article