Thesis
An exploration of the relationship between students' and teachers' perceptions of school safety and the importance of safety strategies
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100334
Abstract
The current study was designed to explore teachers' and students' perceptions of school safety and the importance of safety strategies. The two main aims of the research were to: (1) examine the importance of safety strategies to teachers and students; and (2) investigate the association between school climate variables and major safety issues from the Safe and Responsive Schools (SRS) survey (Skiba, Simmons, Peterson, & Forde, 2006). One hundred and eighty-two students from grades 9-12 and 32 teachers participated in the current study from one high school in Northwest United States. A new quantitative measure was created for this study (using successful safety strategies and best practices identified in the current literature) to assess the perceived importance of safety strategies, entitled the Indicators of Preferences for Safety Strategies (IPSS) survey. Overall, results indicated that teachers' and students' perceptions of school safety were significantly different. Following findings from Skiba et al. (2006), teachers' perceptions of the Connection/Climate items were significantly greater than students'. Additional results revealed that four factors emerged from the IPSS survey: Rule Enforcement, Education, Control and Surveillance, and Counseling. Students' feelings of school safety were associated with ratings on the importance of safety strategies, such that ratings on the Connection/Climate and Incivility and Disruption scales significantly predicted the perceived importance of Rule Enforcement strategies.
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- Title
- An exploration of the relationship between students' and teachers' perceptions of school safety and the importance of safety strategies
- Creators
- Leslie M. Booren
- Contributors
- Deborah J. Handy (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525049801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis