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SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS: A COMPARISON OF STUDENTS’ AND STAFF SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS PERCEPTIONS
by
Tonatzin Elisa Brown
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Tonatzin Elisa Brown
Object Description
| Title | School connectedness: a comparison of students' and staff school connectedness perceptions |
| Author | Brown, Tonatzin Elisa |
| Author email | tonatzib@usc.edu;toni.chavez10@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-09 |
| Date submitted | 2012-06-11 |
| Date approved | 2012-06-11 |
| Restricted until | 2012-06-11 |
| Date published | 2012-06-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hentschke, Guilbert C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Escalante, Michael Green, Alan |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to identify the most prevalent factors of school connectedness in 1 southern California comprehensive high school by examining the variance between high- and low-achieving students and between student and teachers. Seven factors have been identified and tested as measures of the construct of school connectedness: school membership, peer attachment, teacher-student relationships, academic engagement, school climate, extracurricular activities, and athletic participation. Data were collected via a school connectedness scale that utilized both standardized and researcher-developed survey questions. Data were analyzed using repeated measures, analysis of variance, Pearson correlations, and one-sample t tests to address the 3 research questions. ❧ The data showed similarities and differences of perception for students and staff with the population surveyed. As expected, students identified peer attachment as the most essential factor for establishing a relationship to school. Staff identified the teacher-student relationship factor as the most needed to support school connectedness. Staff and the high-achieving population of students had similar perceptions about the academic engagement factor. Overall, findings were consistent with previous research that demonstrated a direct correlation between positive sense of school connectedness and academic achievement. Findings support the need to continue research in this overall construct to ensure that students basic developmental needs are met. In addition, this study produced a reliable and valid tool for identifying areas of priority that a school should consider when addressing school connectedness concerns. Increasing school connectedness by addressing the factors that mean most to students offers not only healthy individual development but a positive school social ecology that maintains the human connection needed by all. |
| Keyword | school connectedness; student engagement; peer attachment; school membership |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Brown, Tonatzin Elisa |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-BrownTonat-885.pdf |
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| Full text | SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS: A COMPARISON OF STUDENTS’ AND STAFF SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS PERCEPTIONS by Tonatzin Elisa Brown ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 Tonatzin Elisa Brown |
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