Impact of Experience Corps(®) participation on school climate.
Prev Sci
; 16(5): 744-53, 2015 Jul.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25708453
ABSTRACT
We examined the impact of the Experience Corps(®) (EC) program on school climate within Baltimore City public elementary schools. In this program, teams of older adult volunteers were placed in high intensity (>15 h per week), meaningful roles in public elementary schools, to improve the educational outcomes of children as well as the health and well-being of volunteers. During the first year of EC participation, school climate was perceived more favorably among staff and students in EC schools as compared to those in comparison schools. However, with a few notable exceptions, perceived school climate did not differ for staff or students in intervention and comparison schools during the second year of exposure to the EC program. These findings suggest that perceptions of school climate may be altered by introducing a new program into elementary schools; however, research examining how perceptions of school climate are impacted over a longer period is warranted.
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Assunto principal:
Instituições Acadêmicas
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Logro
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Meio Social
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Percepção Social
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População Urbana
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Voluntários
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Comportamento Problema
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article