Book contents
- School Adjustment
- School Adjustment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 School Adjustment
- Chapter 2 What Does the Term “School” Stand For?
- Chapter 3 Flourish …? … In School …?!
- Chapter 4 Definition of School Adjustment
- Chapter 5 Early Screening for School Readiness
- Chapter 6 Elementary School Adjustment
- Chapter 7 Adjustment to Middle School
- Chapter 8 Adjustment to High School
- Chapter 9 How Should School Adjustment Be Measured?
- Chapter 10 Expressions of School Maladjustment
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - What Does the Term “School” Stand For?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2025
Book contents
- School Adjustment
- School Adjustment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 School Adjustment
- Chapter 2 What Does the Term “School” Stand For?
- Chapter 3 Flourish …? … In School …?!
- Chapter 4 Definition of School Adjustment
- Chapter 5 Early Screening for School Readiness
- Chapter 6 Elementary School Adjustment
- Chapter 7 Adjustment to Middle School
- Chapter 8 Adjustment to High School
- Chapter 9 How Should School Adjustment Be Measured?
- Chapter 10 Expressions of School Maladjustment
- Index
- References
Summary
While not ignoring individual differences, this book assumes that generalizations can be made across the different processes of school adjustment. Following a short overview of the history of schooling, this chapter discusses what the term “school” stands for and the essential features that turn any setting into “school.” The origin of the word is the Greek word scholē, which stands for “leisure.” However, in most modern schools the emphasis is on working hard and gaining knowledge. Interestingly, across the various formats, goals, and articulations of school throughout history, several aspects are common: institutional life, adults’ decisions, transfer of knowledge, skills acquisition, fluency in languages, delivery of values, exposure to social life, and invasion into students’ private life. The differences between schools appear in the level of intensity that each of the components gains within a given school, rather than a completely different conceptualization of what the term school stands for. Thus, these suggested universal components are of special importance to understand students’ school adjustment.
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- School AdjustmentWhy Some Students Fade and Others Flourish, pp. 20 - 35Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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