Event

SALISES will host a seminar entitled “The School Climate and its Impact upon the Self Concept of Adolescents in the Secondary School System and its Relationship to Academic Achievement”.  Mrs. Sacha John- Charles-Baynes, M.Phil  candidate at SALISES, will deliver her Upgrade Assessment Seminar on Friday 24^th April, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the SALISES Conference Centre.

All interested persons are invited to attend.

For further information, please contact SALISES at (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2391.

ABSTRACT

A look into the current education system reveals several challenges with our youth resource. Media Reports, local, regional and international studies have paid much attention to issues of school violence, general indiscipline, some students’ low level of aspirations and motivation to achieve. This paper seeks to address some key issues that affect academic achievement in the secondary school system in Trinidad and Tobago. It attempts to look at the role of the self-concept in mediating the relationship between the classroom social climate and academic achievement. Structural Equation Modeling will be used for the analysis. The research findings will have implications for educators, researchers and policy makers.

Keywords: Classroom environment, Self concept, academic achievement, secondary school, Trinidad and Tobago.