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Teacher Perceptions Of School Climate: A New Instrument And Validity Study, Rui Jin
Teacher Perceptions Of School Climate: A New Instrument And Validity Study, Rui Jin
Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences
The United States government has growingly emphasized school climate, as it has been involved as an accountability indicator in the Every Student Succeeds Act. However, there remains considerable debate on both conceptualizing and measuring school climate. Moreover, teachers, a critical informant of school climate, have been ignored because most previous studies have paid attention to the students.
To better inform the research and practice related to the teacher perceptions of school climate and its measurement, this dissertation first identified the related instruments in the literature. The results showed only one survey measured three domains of school climate (academic climate, community, …