A contextually adapted model of school engagement in Kazakhstan
Authors
Winter, Elizabeth Anne
McLellan, Rosalind
Hernandez-Torrano, Daniel
Almukhambetova, Ainur
Brown-Hajdukova, Eva
Publication Date
2020-05-01Journal Title
Current Psychology
ISSN
1046-1310
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
41
Issue
4
Pages
2479-2495
Language
en
Type
Article
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Winter, E. A., McLellan, R., Hernandez-Torrano, D., Almukhambetova, A., & Brown-Hajdukova, E. (2020). A contextually adapted model of school engagement in Kazakhstan. Current Psychology, 41 (4), 2479-2495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00758-5
Abstract
This study introduces a culturally adapted 17-item scale of school engagement. It seeks to measure school engagement in young people in a society undergoing a rapid transition from a collectivist to individualist mind-set, and an education system focused on improving performance in international assessments such as PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS. The school engagement scale is validated by testing the empirical fit of a second-order multidimensional factor model of school engagement taken from the Western literature to large-scale data in Kazakhstan. Culturally relevant features are added, such as the strong influence of ‘important others. The model tested was formed from 1) an individual’s cognitions and behaviours associated with school and 2) the social influences of parents, peers, and teachers. 1744 secondary education students in Kazakhstan participated in the study. Confirmatory analyses supported the hypothesized additional contributory factors to school engagement. Differences in means across gender, grade, school-type, and geographic location showed: (1) higher cognitive engagement for young women; (2) rural students with higher levels of behavioural engagement; and (3) substantial differences in social support by grade and rurality.
Keywords
Article, School engagement, Measurement scale, Contributory factors, Post-soviet, Kazakhstan, Attitudes to school, Societal transformation
Sponsorship
Funding for this project covered the period 1st April 2015 to 30th May 2017 and was provided jointly by The British Council and Al-Farabi Foundation through the Newton Fund, Institutional Links Programme (Reference: 172734464).
Funder references
British Council (172734464)
Identifiers
s12144-020-00758-5, 758
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00758-5
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335706
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