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Publication Date: 2018
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Creating Democratic Class Rooms in Asian Contexts: The Influences of Individual and School Level Factors on Open Classroom Climate
Kuang, Xiaoxue; Kennedy, Kerry J.; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching
Journal of Social Science Education, v17 n1 p29-40 Spr 2018
Purpose: Literature indicates that open classroom climate (OCC) is a positive influence on civic outcomes. Few studies have explored factors that appear to facilitate OCC. Most research on OCC has focused on Western countries. The emphasis has been on individual student characteristics related to OCC with little attention made to school level effects. The purpose of the present study was to investigate both individual and school level influences on OCC using Asian student samples. Methodology: Data were drawn from the five Asian societies that participated in the 2009 International Civics and Citizenship Education Study. Multilevel regression analysis was used to test individual and school level relationships in the data. Findings: There were significant differences among the five societies with regard to student perceptions of OCC. At the individual level, results showed the importance of good student-teacher relationships, students' discussion experiences outside school, and civic participating at school for promoting OCC. Civic knowledge and self-efficacy were positively related to OCC in four Asian societies. The roles of school level predictors differed from society to society, some predictors even working in the opposite direction. Different cultural contexts, local policies, and school system characteristics might account for these differences.
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Asians, Regression (Statistics), Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Experience, Citizen Participation, Predictor Variables, Cultural Influences, Socioeconomic Background, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Middle School Students, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Education Level: Middle Schools
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand; South Korea; Indonesia; Hong Kong; Taiwan (Taipei)
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