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Contextual Effects on Students' Achievement and Academic Self-Concept in the Nordic and Chinese Educational Systems
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Yang Hansen, Kajsa; Radišic, Jeléna; Ding, Yi; Liu, Xin – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022
Background: The current study investigates school contextual effects on students' academic self-concept and achievement, that is, peer socioeconomic effect and big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), in four Nordic education systems (i.e., Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and selected Chinese education systems (Hong Kong and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Self Concept
Identifying Profiles of Students' School Climate Perceptions Using PISA 2015 Data
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Rohatgi, Anubha; Scherer, Ronny – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
The concept of school climate has received much attention as a predictor of educational outcomes, including students' well-being, academic achievement, and motivation. To measure this concept, international large-scale assessments often rely on students' perceptions of its different dimensions, such as their sense of belonging, teacher support,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Tough Femininities: Ethnic Minority Girls' Aggressive School Opposition
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Eriksen, Ingunn Marie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
This article addresses school resistance in ethnic minority girls. Girls' school opposition is mostly described as covert. If described as hostile, it is rarely understood in terms of femininity. Through psychosocial analyses of extensive fieldwork and interviews with students in a Norwegian upper-secondary school, the article describes an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Femininity, Ethnicity, Ethnic Groups