The Role of the School in Creating a Supportive Learning Environment for Minority Students

This study investigates the long-term effects of a school environment with characteristics that indicate invitational education is being realized at the institutional level on students from the University of Hawaii Laboratory High School (ULS). Students of many races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomi...

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Main Authors Power, Kikuyo M, Dolly, John P
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.1990
Subjects
Academic Education
Core Curriculum
Educational Environment
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Ethnic Relations
Hawaii
Invitational Education
Multiple Regression Analysis
Questionnaires
School Organization
Student Attitudes
Hawaii
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Summary:This study investigates the long-term effects of a school environment with characteristics that indicate invitational education is being realized at the institutional level on students from the University of Hawaii Laboratory High School (ULS). Students of many races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic levels study together in a program where all are taught from the same intensive academic curriculum. This study looks at the impact of this environment on attitudes of graduates, focusing on the influence of the school on their perceptions of their peers, teachers, and the curriculum. Academic records and student questionnaires were used to collect data. Questionnaire results indicate that the students develop positive attitudes that endure after they have left the school. Furthermore, there was no significant difference on student ratings attributable to their ethnic group. Most of the graduates support the idea of a "core curriculum" in which there is no choice of academic courses to take. Finally, regardless of their academic achievement and ethnicity, all of the subjects responded similarly to the questionnaire items related to school discipline, school atmosphere, student-teacher relations, and student-student relations. A discussion of the educational significance of these findings is presented. Two tables are included, along with seven references. (JS)