Abstract
Students’ attitudes towards learning and their school engagement play important roles on the success of educational programs. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to examine the roles of attitude towards learning and attitude towards the opposite sex as a predictor of school engagement and to determine the correlation between mixed gender education vs. single gender education and school engagement. Eight hundred and forty-three students (525 females and 318 males) who were studying in single gender or mixed gender schools were included in the research. Data were collected through School Engagement Scale, Attitude Scale towards Learning and Opposite Sex Attitude Scale. The Pearson moment correlation coefficient, multiple regression and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data. Findings showed that attitudes towards learning scores are the most predictive for school engagement. Results also showed that school engagement was higher in single gender schools for girls than in single gender schools for boys and mixed gender schools. The success of the student and the attitude towards the opposite sex were also variables that predict school engagement. The democratic attitude and education levels of parents also had important effects on students’ school engagement. The findings have important implications for educational policy making and curriculum designs. Some general recommendations were made based on the findings.
Highlights
The development of societies is possible with the presence of trained and equipped manpower
This study aims to make contributions to the literature by testing the effects of variables which are assumed to be related to school engagement with regression analysis
There was no significant correlation between the scores of School Engagement Questionnaire (SEQ) and Scale of Attitude towards Learning (r = −0.028, p > 0.01)
Summary
The development of societies is possible with the presence of trained and equipped manpower. The important impact of the school cannot be ignored in the training of qualified manpower required by the modern times. The school is an environment that provides students with academic knowledge and improve their mental processes, and bears features that affect their emotional, social, physical, and moral development. It is important for children to have positive feelings towards school so that they can benefit from the educational activities at the highest level. There are many factors originating from individual and family that affect students’ attitudes towards the school.
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