Pupils’ perceptions of safety at school

School and pupil effects on secondary pupils' feelings of safety in school, around school, and at home.

In line with fear of crime research, schools should be secure places where pupils feel safe in order to function well. Various types of risk and promotive variables at school and pupil level may differently influence a pupil's feelings of safety in school, the school surroundings, and at home. The aim is to elaborate and test a theoretical two-level model on risk and promotive variables by usin...

Effect of a mental health training programme on Nigerian school pupils’ perceptions of mental illness

BACKGROUND Stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory behaviour towards persons with mental illness are known to start in childhood. In Nigeria, it is not unusual to see children taunting persons with mental illness. This behaviour continues into adulthood as evidenced by the day-to-day occurrences in the community of negative attitudes and social distance from persons with mental illness. Schoo...

Asthma prevalence knowledge and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban costal districts, Tanzania

The Elimination of Pupils from School

The Eliminationof Pupils from School. By Edward L. Thorndike, Professor of Educational Psychology, Teachers7 College, Columbia University. Bulletin No. 4, 1907, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Education, pp. 66. The amount and the cause of the elimination of pupils from school is treated by Prof. Thorndike from the standpoints of grade and age in the study of elementary and high schools, and f...

Food safety knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors among middle school students.

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of food safety knowledge, perceptions, and self-reported food-handling behaviors among middle school students. DESIGN Baseline questionnaire administered in class that assessed background characteristics, knowledge, behaviors, and perceptions related to food safety. PARTICIPANTS 178 seventh and eighth grade students from 4 schools in central Pennsylvania. MAI...