The school context model

THE SCHOOL CONTEXT MODEL: HOW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE STUDENTS’ OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN NINA BASCIA THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO A PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION PROJECT THE SCHOOL CONTEXT MODEL: HOW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE STUDENTS’ OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN © Measuring What Matters, People for Education, 2014 People for Education is a registered charity working to support public education in Ontario’s Englis [...] Toronto: November 8, 2014 THE SCHOOL CONTEXT MODEL: HOW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE STUDENTS’ OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION: SCHOOLS AND STUDENT LEARNING 2 THE EVOLUTION OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH 2 CONTEXT MATTERS 2 School Climate 3 Process and Context 5 HOW SCHOOL CONTEXT SHAPES CORE PROCESSES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING 6 Learning and Teaching Settings That Contribute [...] Phelan, Davidson and Yu’s “Students at the Center” study (1996) demonstrated that classroom and school contexts – the operating environment within schools – affect the quality and degree of students’ learning and potential outcomes. [...] It is worth looking at the recent past to understand some of the evolution of research into the impact of the quality of the learning environment on student success. [...] In 1966, the publication of the widely cited Coleman Report in the United States raised questions about the relationship between the qualities of the school environment and students’ demographic background in regard to educational outcomes for students.