Assessing students’ perceptions of their learning environment in science classes in the United Arab Emirates     

Khalil  Nadine  Aldridge  Jill 《Learning Environments Research》2019,22(3):365-386

Learning Environments Research - As part of major education reform efforts underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), teachers have been introducing cooperative teaching methods in their science...  相似文献   

Learning environment,self-efficacy for teaching mathematics,and beliefs about mathematics     

McMinn  Melissa  Aldridge  Jill  Henderson  David 《Learning Environments Research》2021,24(3):355-369

Learning environment research has a long history of significant relationships between the learning environment and student outcomes. This study investigated relationships between the learning environments of mathematics courses in a teacher education program and two outcomes, mathematics teaching self-efficacy and beliefs about mathematics. These two outcomes have been repeatedly shown to influence the future teaching practices of preservice teachers but, to date, their relationships with learning environment have been investigated neither with preservice teachers nor at all in the United Arab Emirates or wider Gulf region. The learning environment was found to be significantly related to preservice teachers’ mathematics teaching self-efficacy and beliefs about mathematics. Learning environments perceived more favourably by preservice teachers were associated with higher self-efficacy for teaching mathematics, but also with more-traditional beliefs, making these findings important for higher education institutes and teacher educators.

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School Climate: Measuring,Improving and Sustaining Healthy Learning Environments. H. Jerome Freiberg (Ed.)     

Aldridge  Jill  Anstine Templeton  Rosalyn 《Learning Environments Research》1999,2(3):331-334

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Learning about environmental print through picture books     

Patricia Kuby  Lynn Kirkland  Dr. Jerry Aldridge 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1996,24(1):33-36

Children construct knowledge about print from what they see in the environment. They also develop early literacy from good children's literature. There are now many books which incorporate environmental print, combining both ecological text and the printed page.  相似文献   

Learning Environment and its Association with Student Satisfaction Among Mathematics Students in Brunei Darussalam     

Majeed  Abdul  Fraser  Barry J.  Aldridge  Jill M. 《Learning Environments Research》2002,5(2):203-226

This article reports a study of lower secondary mathematics classroom learning environment in Brunei Darussalam and its association with students' satisfaction with learning mathematics among a sample of 1565 students from 81 classes in 15 government secondary schools. Students' perceptions of the classroom learning environments were assessed with a version of the My Class Inventory (MCI) that had been modified for the Brunei context. The study revealed a satisfactory factor structure for a refined three-scale version of the MCI assessing cohesiveness, difficulty and competition. This finding is noteworthy because the factorial validity of the MCI has not previously been established in past research in other countries. Also each scale displayed satisfactory internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity and was able to differentiate between the perceptions of students in different classes. A one-way MANOVA revealed that students generally perceived a positive learning environment in mathematics classes. Also the study supported earlier research suggesting that boys and girls hold different perceptions of the same classroom learning environments. Relationships between student satisfaction and classroom environment were investigated using simple and multiple correlation analyses, using both the individual student and class mean as units of analysis. Associations between satisfaction and the learning environment were statistically significant both at student and class levels for most MCI scales. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Religious education’s double hermeneutic     

David Aldridge 《British Journal of Religious Education》2018,40(3):245-256

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The role of the school climate in high school students’ mental health and identity formation: A South Australian study          下载免费PDF全文

Helen Riekie  Jill M. Aldridge  Ernest Afari 《British Educational Research Journal》2017,43(1):95-123

The well‐documented increase in student mental health issues in Australia and growing recognition of the need for education to play a part in students’ identity formation prompted this study. The research reported in this article sought to identify specific elements of the school climate that were likely to influence the interplay of adolescent health and development and students’ identity formation. The aim was two‐fold. First, the study examined the relationships between students’ perceptions of the school climate and self‐reports of wellbeing, resilience and moral identity; and, second, the interrelationships between the three outcome variables were explored. Two surveys, one to assess students’ perceptions of features of the school climate, and another to assess students’ wellbeing, resilience and moral identity, were administered to 618 Year 11 students from 15 independent schools in South Australia. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate hypothesised relationships between students’ perceptions of their school climate and self‐reports of wellbeing, resilience and moral identity. Our results indicated statistically significant and positive relationships between school‐climate factors and each of the three outcome variables. Further, indirect relationships (mediated largely by resilience) were found between school‐climate factors and students’ wellbeing. Our findings could be used to guide schools in building tangible, purposeful environments that engender well‐balanced, positive, resilient citizens with strong moral identities.  相似文献   

A Cross-National Study of Secondary Science Classroom Environments in Australia and Indonesia     

Barry J. Fraser  Jill M. Aldridge  F. S. Gerard Adolphe 《Research in Science Education》2010,40(4):551-571

This article reports a cross-national study of classroom environments in Australia and Indonesia. A modified version of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire was used simultaneously in these two countries to: 1) crossvalidate the modified WIHIC; 2) investigate differences between countries and sexes in perceptions of classroom environment; and 3) investigate associations between students’ attitudes to science and their perceptions of classroom environment. The sample consisted of 1,161 students (594 students from 18 classes in Indonesia and 567 students from 18 classes in Australia). Principal components factor analysis with varimax rotation supported the validity of a revised structure for the WIHIC. Two-way MANOVA revealed some differences between countries and between sexes in students’ perceptions of their classroom environments. Simple correlation and multiple regression analyses revealed generally positive associations between the classroom environment and student attitudes to science in both countries.  相似文献   

Professor Barry Fraser��s contributions to science education research     

Jill M. Aldridge 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2011,6(3):765-773

In this article, I endeavour to convey the depth of Barry Fraser’s contributions to science education research, including his tireless endeavours to promote and advance research, especially the field of learning environments, the realisation of his vision to create one of the largest doctoral programs in science and mathematics education in the world, his leadership capacity in terms of guiding and leading an internationally renowned centre and large-scale cross-national and cross-cultural studies, his dedication towards human capacity building in Africa, Asia and elsewhere, his capacity as a mentor and editor that have seen the publication of numerous journal articles and books and the ongoing success of science education research journals.  相似文献   

Using student feedback about the learning environment as a starting point for co-construction     

Aldridge  Jill M.  Bianchet  Silvana 《Learning Environments Research》2022,25(3):939-955

Learning Environments Research - The context in which learning takes place, or learning environment, is pivotal to a positive learning experience for students. Although numerous studies have...  相似文献