Scale of attitudes of schoolchildren towards immigrant pupils

In the academic year 2004-2005, approximately 400,000 immigrant pupils were enrolled in Spanish schools and six-form colleges. The racial and ethnic diversity that Spanish society and schools present could be a source of new opportunities and social enrichment, for the national as well as the immigr...

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Published in:European journal of psychology of education 2007-12, Vol.22 (4), p.439-454
Main Authors: del Barco, Benito León, Castaño, Elena Felipe, Carroza, Teresa Gómez, Delgado, Margarita Gozalo, Pérez, Carlos Latas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Attitude Change
Attitudes
Cooperative learning
Educational Environment
Elementary School Students
Ethnic Diversity
Evaluation Methods
Factor analysis
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Immigrants
Institutional Characteristics
Measures (Individuals)
Political attitudes
Prejudices
Psychological attitudes
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Racism
Secondary School Students
Social Attitudes
Social distance
Spain
Student Attitudes
Students
Test Validity
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Summary:In the academic year 2004-2005, approximately 400,000 immigrant pupils were enrolled in Spanish schools and six-form colleges. The racial and ethnic diversity that Spanish society and schools present could be a source of new opportunities and social enrichment, for the national as well as the immigrant population. However, this contact between nationals and immigrants is not free of problems. School is one of the areas where attitudes towards different social groups begin to be formed, while at the same time being the main opportunity that our society has to create an environment of coexistence and attitudinal change. The first step to look at such a complex phenomenon in more detail is to have evaluation tools available that allow us to measure it. In this article we present the results referring to psychometric features, and we carry out a differential analysis of the Scale of attitudes of schoolchildren towards immigrant pupils. Au cours de l'année scolaire 2004-2005, quelque 400,000 élèves immigrés ont été inscrits dans les collèges et les lycées espagnols. La diversité raciale et ethnique de notre société et nos établissements scolaires peut être source de nouvelles opportunités et d'enrichissement social, aussi bien pour la population autochtone que pour la population immigrée. Cependant, ce contact entre autochtones et immigrés n'est pas sans poser problème. L'école est un de ces domaines où l'on commence à éduquer les comportements envers les différents groupes sociaux et est, en même temps, la principale conjoncture qu'a notre société pour créer des espaces de cohabitation et de changements d'attitudes. La première étape pour approfondir ce phénomène aussi complexe est de disposer d'outils d'évaluation qui nous permettent de le délimiter. Cet article présente les résultats relatifs aux caractéristiques psychométriques et effectue une analyse différentielle de l'échelle des comportements des écoliers envers les élèves immigrés.
ISSN:0256-2928
1878-5174
DOI:10.1007/BF03173465