Open AccessMeasuring Inviting School Climate
Author(s) -
Tom Mboya Okaya,
Marj Horne,
Madeleine Mattarozzi Laming,
Kenneth H. Smith
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v19i.3739
Subject(s) - school climate , perception , pedagogy , mathematics education , geography , political science , sociology , psychology , neuroscience
The present study utilized the Inviting School Survey-Revised (ISS-R) (Smith, 2005b, 2013) based on Invitational Theory andPractice (Purkey & Novak, 2008) to examine the school climate of a public primary school in a low urban socio-economicsetting in Kenya. School climate was defined as the perceptions of primary school teachers and pupils in five areas: People,Places, Processes, Policies, and Programs, based on the Invitational theory and Practice paradigm. Results showed that theoverall school climate of Raduce primary school was inviting in many areas. The current study revealed that in spite of thechallenges facing a public school in an urban low socio-economic setting, it is possible with inviting policies, programs,processes, and people, to realize positive academic achievement with students.