What really matters for students' school satisfaction in Bangladesh?

Hossain, Saira; O'Neill, Sue C.; Strnadová, Iva

School satisfaction is the reflection of students' comprehensive evaluation of their school experience. This study reports the level of school satisfaction among students in Grades 6 and 8 in Bangladesh to perceive and the factors that might contribute to it using a cross‐sectional research design. A 61‐item survey questionnaire was utilized to collect data. The students' mean score on the school satisfaction subscale of the Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale equated to a slightly positive attitude towards school. Three demographic factors including students' academic achievement, gender, and grade level; and two school climate factors of perceived teacher–student relationship, and perceived academic support, emerged from the multiple regression analysis. The study findings are discussed from the perspective of self‐determination theory with implications for practice and avenues for future research offered.

BANGLADESH; SELF-determination theory; TEACHER-student relationships; MULTIPLE regression analysis; SATISFACTION; STUDENTS

Psychology in the Schools, 2019, Vol 56, Issue 5, p670

0033-3085

Academic Journal

10.1002/pits.22226