Sense of Belongingness Sample Clauses

Sense of Belongingness. Some stakeholders and school managers could underestimate the importance of sense of belongingness of students, yet it is one of the factors that has an effect on academic achievement and school engagement (Xxxxx, 2006). Xxxxxxxx (2010) also highlighting the importance of school belongingness as a psychological phenomenon that has far reaching impact on the behavior and motivation of students. The school belonging term is derived from the academic work of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx in 1993 (pg. 23), and it is described as “the extent to which students feel personally accepted, respected, included, and supported by others in the school social environment”. There are also several other terms used in academic community like school engagement, school attachment, school connectedness, and school membership. The negative form of this these terms are usually referred to as school alienation or school isolation.
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