Abstract:
Two rural schools formed part of a larger study by agreeing to participate in a pilot study of the effectiveness of schools in rural Western Australia. A number of measures were employed to collect data at the teacher, student and parent levels. These included measures of satisfaction with the school itself and the school climate. Characteristics of these two schools are compared and findings reported regarding the differences in parent involvement in the school, classroom learning environment, student self-concept and student satisfaction. For the purposes of this study, the effect of the learning environment and self-concept were analysed for their effects on student satisfaction with the school.