TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating a climate in which students can flourish
T2 - A whole school intercultural approach
AU - Read, Karen
AU - Aldridge, Jill
AU - Ala’i, Kate
AU - Fraser, Barry
AU - Fozdar, Farida
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article reports part of an ongoing process that is taking place at one high school. With the vision of an inclusive school in which all students could flourish, the school deliberately set out to develop a culture in which the students would feel welcome, connected and have a sense of belonging. This article focuses on, first, how the school, with a culturally-diverse student population, implemented a whole school intercultural approach aimed at improving students’ views of the school climate and, second, the impact that this had on students’ perceptions of the school climate and their self-reports of wellbeing, resilience and identity. These results indicated that, at the end of the 18 month period, students’ perceptions of the school climate were statistically significantly higher for four of the six school climate scales. Further, students’ scored statistically higher in terms of their wellbeing, resilience, self- anchoring and moral identity.
AB - This article reports part of an ongoing process that is taking place at one high school. With the vision of an inclusive school in which all students could flourish, the school deliberately set out to develop a culture in which the students would feel welcome, connected and have a sense of belonging. This article focuses on, first, how the school, with a culturally-diverse student population, implemented a whole school intercultural approach aimed at improving students’ views of the school climate and, second, the impact that this had on students’ perceptions of the school climate and their self-reports of wellbeing, resilience and identity. These results indicated that, at the end of the 18 month period, students’ perceptions of the school climate were statistically significantly higher for four of the six school climate scales. Further, students’ scored statistically higher in terms of their wellbeing, resilience, self- anchoring and moral identity.
KW - What’s Happening In This School? (WHITS)
KW - inclusion
KW - intercultural
KW - school climate
KW - student feedback
KW - whole school approach
M3 - Article
SN - 1710-2146
VL - 11
SP - 29
EP - 44
JO - International Journal of Whole Schooling
JF - International Journal of Whole Schooling
IS - 2
ER -