What schools do to prevent problem behavior and promote safe environments
What schools do to prevent problem behavior and promote safe environments
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DOI：
10.1207/s1532768xjepc1204_02
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Gottfredson, DC
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作者：
Gottfredson, GD;Gottfredson, DC
本文报告的结果，从概率抽样调查中进行的美国公立，私立和天主教学校，以获得有关活动的性质和程度，以防止问题行为的信息。848所学校（66%）的校长完成了初步调查问卷，以确定预防活动和安排; 635所学校（50%）的校长完成了第二份调查问卷，以描述纪律的做法。结果表明，学校从事大量的活动，从安全和监视，通过学校气候变化，咨询和课程或教学计划。大多数学校对危险行为有严格的规定。停学被广泛用于应对学生的不当行为，但许多学校未能对可取和不可取的行为采取全面的应对措施，而且应对措施的一致性并不总是很高。在学校纪律管理方面有改进的余地，但制定更严格的规则或增加使用停学和开除似乎没有必要。学校为促进安全和预防问题行为而开展的许多活动并没有成为评估的主题，因此研究几乎没有提供有关学校现在所做工作的有效性的信息。典型学校开展的大量预防活动提出了一个问题，即是否能够以高质量的方式开展这么多不同的活动。
This article reports results from a survey conducted in a probability sample of U.S. public, private, and Catholic schools to obtain information about the nature and extent of activity to prevent problem behavior. Principals of 848 schools (66%) completed an initial questionnaire to identify prevention activities and arrangements; principals of 635 schools (50%) completed a second questionnaire to describe discipline practices. Results imply that schools engage in a large number of activities ranging from security and surveillance, through school climate change, to counseling and curricular or instructional programs. Most schools have strict rules about dangerous behaviors. Suspension is used extensively to respond to student misconduct, yet many schools fail to use the full range of available responses to desirable and undesirable behavior, and the consistency of responses is not always high. There is room for improvement in the area of school discipline management, but making rules stricter or increasing the use of suspension and expulsion appear unnecessary. Many of the activities in which schools are engaged to promote safety and prevent problem behavior have not been the subject of evaluation, so research provides little information about the effectiveness of what schools now do. The large quantity of prevention practices undertaken in the typical school raises the question of whether so many different activities can be carried out in a high quality fashion.