Is School Participation Good for Children? Associations with Health and Wellbeing.
By A. D. Róiste, C. Kelly, M. Molcho, Aoife Gavin, S. Gabhainn. 2012
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Purpose – There is increasing recognition of children's abilities to speak for themselves. School democracy, as demonstrated by genuine participation, has the potential to benefit both teachers and students; leading to better relationships and improved learning experiences. The aim of this study is to investigate whether participation in schools in Ireland is linked with perceived academic performance, liking school and positive health perceptions.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected via self‐completion questionnaires from a stratified random sample of 10,334 students aged 10‐17 years in Irish schools. The questions included encouragement to express their views in class, participation in the organisation of school events; taking part in making school rules; liking school, perceived academic performance, self‐rated health, life satisfaction and self‐reported happiness. Associations between school participation and other measures were expressed by odds ratios from logistic regression models, co...
Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science
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- Improving student wellbeing: having a say at school (2016, background): “…Anne P. Graham anne.graham@scu.edu.au © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group important work under way internationally (e.g., De Róiste et al., 2012; Camfield, Streuli, & Woodhead, 2009; Mitra, 2004; Simovska, 2004), points strongly to the need for further research in this…”
- Facilitating student well-being: relationships do matter (2016, background): “…discussions around raising attainment and improving engagement: this is apparent, for example, in concepts such as creative teaching, relevant curriculum, democratic classrooms, caring teachers and participatory processes (Gray and Hackling 2009; Hamilton and Redmond 2010; de Róiste et al. 2012).”