Extending a Community of Care Beyond the Ninth Grade: A Follow-Up Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
academic skills, community of care, high school, life skills, student–teacher relationships
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2012.692728
Abstract
This qualitative within-site case study (N = 10) is a follow-up study to a 2006–2007 investigation that analyzed how 1 high school created a community of care for its ninth-grade students through the implementation of a ninth-grade transition program—Freshman Focus. All participants were interviewed again 3 years later during students’ senior year to investigate how Freshman Focus might have fostered a long-lasting community of care that extended throughout students’ high school years. Findings suggest teacher–student and program–student relationships served as ways to foster a community of care that promoted a positive school experience for students. While findings indicate that Freshman Focus fostered a community of care that lasted throughout these students’ high school years, it is unclear whether this caring community extended to the broader school community.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Journal of Educational Research, v. 106, issue 4, p. 319-331
Scholar Commons Citation
Ellerbrock, Cheryl and Kiefer, Sarah M., "Extending a Community of Care Beyond the Ninth Grade: A Follow-Up Study" (2013). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 182.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/182
