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School students' views on school councils and daily life at school
Published in:
Children & Society, Vol: 14, Page: 121-134,Blackwell Publishing Limited
Publication Date:
2000
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to examine findings from a survey conducted in schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during 1997 asking questions about school councils
Abstract:
This article reports a survey conducted in schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland during 1997–8 with 2,272 students aged seven to 17 years. The 24-page booklet questionnaire included six groups of questions about school councils. The question of whether pupils who have a council see it as effective was cross-tabulated with a range of other questions, in order to examine associations between students' views about their school councils with their views on other aspects of school. About half the students reported that they had a school council. Of these, the ones who thought their council was effective generally had positive views about their school's social and academic activities, whereas the ones who said their council was ineffective generally had more negative attitudes. Some schools find that creating an effective school council can considerably improve standards of behaviour, but this process has to involve further changes in systems and relationships in the school. Simply introducing a token council can increase students' scepticism. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Children & Society is the property of Blackwell Publishing Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Authors:
Priscilla Alderson
Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Notes:
Article 09510605 Accession Number: 12063700; Alderson, Priscilla 1; Affiliations: 1: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London Source Info: Apr2000, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p121; Thesaurus Term: CHILDREN'S rights; Thesaurus Term: STUDENTS; Thesaurus Term: SCHOOLS; Subject Term: GREAT Britain; Subject Term: NORTHERN Ireland; Number of Pages: 14p; Illustrations: 12 charts. Document Type: Article
Categories:
political awarness - school councils
International Classification:
Other - political awarness, pollution, positive attachment in early infancy, postpartum family experiences, prion protein gene,psychological health
Keywords:
Geography:
the United Kingdom (United Kingdom)