Relationships between the school-level and classroom-level environment in secondary schools in South Africa

dc.creator	Jill M Aldridge
dc.creator	Barry J Fraser
dc.creator	Rüdiger C Laugksch
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:16:59Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:16:59Z
dc.identifier	0256-0100
dc.identifier	2076-3433
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a1aca37a6ec34f3c838c8ab4a514afcf
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26009
dc.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). Thedata 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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation	http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002011000100010
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source	South African Journal of Education, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 127-144 (2011)
dc.subject	classroom-level environment
dc.subject	learning environment
dc.subject	outcomes-based education
dc.subject	school-level environment
dc.subject	science education
dc.subject	South Africa
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
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	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
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Relationships between the school-level and classroom-level environment in secondary schools in South Africa
dc.type	article