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School Climate: A History of the Concept and Approaches to Defining and Measuring it on PISA Questionnaires
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Chirkina, T. A.; Khavenson, T. E. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
School climate is one of the significant factors determining educational achievement. However, the lack of instruments to measure it has complicated the study of this concept in Russia. We review the history of the study of the concept of "school climate," and we discuss approaches to how it can be defined. We describe the most widely…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Definitions, Measurement, Questionnaires
The Quality of the Responses of Schoolchildren to Questions Concerning Family Socioeconomic Status
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Khavenson, T. E. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
The article investigates the quality of the answers given by school-age children in survey questionnaires. We present the results of a systematic review of studies dedicated to the socioeconomic status of the family. By answer quality, we mean the ability of children to correctly indicate the educational attainment and profession of their parents…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
The Portrait of a Twenty-First Century Innovator in Education
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Koroleva, D. O.; Khavenson, T. E. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The article analyzes the social and professional characteristics as well as the value orientations of the contemporary innovator in the field of education. The study was conducted among 304 participants in the 2014 Competition for Innovation in Education. The value orientations were revealed using Schwartz's Portrait Values Questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Profiles, Competition
Social and Professional Status and Political Values in Russia, Germany, and the United States (A Comparative Analysis)
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Khavenson, T. E.; Migol', E. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2012
In this article, the authors propose that a comparative analysis of the political values of societies that have a developing democracy and societies that have existed for a considerable length of time under the conditions of a democratic regime will make it possible to discern differences in the correlation of political values that are…
Descriptors: Social Status, Foreign Countries, Professional Recognition, Citizenship Education