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Non-Academic Differences Between Public and Private High Schools: The Importance of School Climate

Buening, Jonathan Gregory
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407431953

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2014, Specialist in Education, Miami University, School Psychology.
This paper reports on results from a survey administered at one public and two private high schools in order to explore possible school climate differences between these school types. The school climate survey was given to groups of freshmen and senior students at each school, and focus groups were also conducted to gather qualitative data. Results were analyzed via one-way analyses of variance across different grouping categories, including between schools, between schools/between grades, and within schools/between grades. Data analysis outcomes showed significant differences on all survey domains for both the between schools and between schools/between grades grouping categories, with the private school students rating school climate higher than the public school students on nearly all survey domains. This paper discusses the implications of these outcomes while also addressing limitations of the study, and presents several directions for future research.
Susan Mosley-Howard, Ph.D. (Advisor)
37 p.
Education; Education Philosophy; Educational Evaluation; Educational Psychology
school climate; holistic education; values education; public school; private school; school mission; character education; school culture; student life

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  • Buening, J. G. (2014). Non-Academic Differences Between Public and Private High Schools: The Importance of School Climate [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407431953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Buening, Jonathan. Non-Academic Differences Between Public and Private High Schools: The Importance of School Climate. 2014. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407431953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Buening, Jonathan. "Non-Academic Differences Between Public and Private High Schools: The Importance of School Climate." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407431953

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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