Understanding the school as an intergroup system: Implications for school reform and improving student and staff outcomes.

本项目将对群体过程和群体间关系的一种新的社会心理学理解应用于澳大利亚的学校。其结果是一个新的和有前途的框架，将通过该项目进行试验和评估。其核心思想是，一个人的群体成员身份和相关的规范和实践直接影响到个体成员的态度和行为。其目的是改变学校内的相关群体及其相互关系，以建立更积极的学校氛围和更高的学校认同感，从而改善学校成果（例如出勤率、学业成绩、福祉）。

This project applies a novel social psychological understanding of group processes and intergroup relations to Australian schools. The result is a new and promising framework that will be trialed and evaluated through this project. The central idea is that one's group memberships and associated norms and practices directly impact on the attitudes and behaviours of individual members. The aim is to change the relevant groups within a school and how they relate in order to build a more positive school climate and higher school identification and as a result, improve school outcomes (e.g., attendance, academic achievement, well-being).