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Impact of Experience CorpsĀ® Participation on School Climate
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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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 hours 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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Volunteers
medicine.medical_specialty
School climate
Urban Population
education
Academic achievement
Social Environment
Article
Intervention (counseling)
Pedagogy
medicine
Humans
Child
Problem Behavior
Medical education
Schools
Social perception
Public health
High intensity
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social environment
Achievement
Health psychology
Social Perception
Socioeconomic Factors
Baltimore
Female
Psychology
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....77fa0c8991ecbfb797fd54f93819c2a4