The Effect of Encouraging on Increase of High School Students’ Sense of Connectedness with School in District 5 in Tehran in 94-95 Academic Years
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Keywords: Students, high school, Encouragement, a Sense of Connectedness with School,
Abstract :
Purpose - The aim of this study was investigated the effect of encouraging the increased sense of connectedness with schools among high school’s students. Design/methodology/approach - The statistical universe consists of all second grade students of secondary school education district 14 in Tehran were enrolled in the academic year 2015-2016. In this study, random cluster sampling technique used, and the sample included 211 people of 8 high schools. Data were collected by school connectedness questionnaires, provided by Berry et al. The research method is Quasi-Experimental. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire was approved by specialists. (Cronbach's alpha = 84/0). Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, depended t-test, Wilcoxon nonparametric and SPSS software (version 22) was used in this study. Finding - The results showed that the sense of belonging to the school and its related components, including interaction between teachers, participation in community, sense of fairness and respect at school, positive feelings toward school, a person's relationship with the school and participation in work was increased by encouraging people.