背景问题:诊断和针对学校成功的当地障碍
Ian R Hadden1, Peter R Harris1, Matthew J Easterbrook1
1School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK.
Journal of school psychology
|December 22, 2024
概括
一项新的干预措施通过解决基于学校的障碍来减少教育不平等. 定制支持改善了社会经济地位较低 (SES) 学生的出席率,对弱势学生群体显示出希望.
科学领域:
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 教育社会学教育的社会学
- 干预研究 干预研究
背景情况:
- 教育不平等仍然存在,受到社会,文化和心理障碍的影响.
- 学生对偏见的看法和缺乏老师与学生的共同点是关键障碍.
- 针对这些具体障碍对于公平的教育成果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 试验一种新的,量身定制的干预措施,以减少学校的教育不平等.
- 解决特定的当地障碍,导致学生出席率和行为差异.
- 调查价值观肯定和发现教师和学生相似之处对学生成果的影响.
主要方法:
- 研究1:在两所英语中学 (N=2070) 验证了学生调查对障碍的测量.
- 识别了被认为的偏见和教师和学生背景差异作为关键障碍.
- 研究2:对11-14岁的学生进行了针对这些障碍的量身定制干预 (N=1070).
主要成果:
- 干预措施显著改善了较低社会经济地位 (SES) 学生的出席率0.20 SD,减少了60%的出席率差距.
- 学生报告更高的感知偏见和较差的教师与学生关系的学生的出席率改善更大.
- 没有发现对黑人或低SES学生的行为记录有重大影响.
结论:
- 针对感知偏见和教师与学生的相似性进行量身定制的干预可以改善弱势学生的出席率.
- 调查结果支持制定实际的,学校特定的战略,以减轻教育不平等.
- 需要进一步的研究来解决行为差异,并完善对不同学生群体的干预措施.
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