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Carroll, Annemaree; Bower, Julie M.; Chen, Holly; Watterston, Jim; Ferguson, Angela – American Journal of Education, 2022
Purpose: The present research sought the views of 157 stakeholders (students, parents, teachers, and school executive members) in three Australian urban government high schools and departmental and management staff of the Department of Education to determine the current status of social and emotional well-being (SEW) in an Australian context.…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Emotional Learning, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Lei, Xiaojing; Bussey, Kay; Hay, Phillipa; Mond, Jonathan; Trompeter, Nora; Lonergan, Alexandra; Mitchison, Deborah – Journal of School Violence, 2020
The aims of the current study were to provide the first Australian prevalence estimates of sexual harassment in adolescents, explore gender differences in form and frequency of harassment, and investigate demographic and weight status correlates. A total of 4098 adolescents (47.3% boys), aged 11 to 19 years from government and non-government…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Sexual Harassment, High School Students
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Grant, Ruby; Beasy, Kim; Emery, Sherridan; Coleman, Bianca – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
Australian and international research consistently indicates that inclusive school cultures improve the educational outcomes and health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) students. Little is known, however, about how Tasmanian school staff are supporting LGBTI students or the needs of teachers and school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Inclusion, Educational Environment
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Cain, Thomas; Hattie, John – Australian Journal of Education, 2020
This study analysed students' attitudes towards school and the relationship between these attitudes and reading performance. Using a sample of 57,572 Year 7 and 9 students from 306 Victorian government schools, the analysis combined two de-identified data sets -- students' responses to the Student Attitudes to School Survey and their performance…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Egeberg, Helen; McConney, Andrew – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
Students' views about teaching, learning, and school experiences are important considerations in education. The purpose of this study was to examine students' perceptions of teachers who create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments. To achieve this, a survey was conducted with 360 students to capture students' views on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, School Safety
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Chapman, Rebekah; Buckley, Lisa; Sheehan, Mary – Youth Studies Australia, 2011
The Extended Adolescent Injury Checklist (E-AIC), a self-report measure of injury based on the model of the Adolescent Injury Checklist (AIC), was developed for use in the evaluation of school-based interventions. The three stages of this development involved focus groups with adolescents and consultations with medical staff, pilot testing of the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Focus Groups
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Potts, Anthony – Educational Studies, 2006
When students set off for school each day how many of them or their caregivers consider for a moment that they will spend the day at a potentially dangerous place? On the contrary, students and caregivers probably view schools as safe havens, and official research suggests that this is the case for the majority of teachers and pupils. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Security, Educational Environment, School Culture