How students perceive attending Church in Wales primary schools: A psychometric assessment of Section 50 inspection criteria

Francis, L.J., Lankshear, D.W. and Eccles, E.L. (2017) How students perceive attending Church in Wales primary schools: A psychometric assessment of Section 50 inspection criteria. Research in Education, 102 (1). pp. 2-12. ISSN 0034 5237

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Abstract

A sample of 4,581 year 4, year 5 and year 6 students (8-11 years of age) attending Church in Wales primary schools completed six short scales designed to operationalise the Section 50 inspection criteria concerning aspects of the distinctiveness of church school ethos and concerning school worship. The data demonstrated the internal consistency reliability of the six measures and showed more positive attitudes to be associated with being female, being younger, and attending church. Overall the students displayed positive attitudes toward school ethos, toward school experience, toward school teachers, toward relationships within school, and toward school and environment. Attitude toward school worship was less positive.

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Additional Information: © 2017 SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Research in Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This article is the result of the Primary Schools Attitude Survey funded by the St Mary's Centre (a Christian research institute working in the fields of religion and education).
Depositing User: Emma Eccles
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2018 09:54
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2019 09:27
URI: https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/249

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