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Article: SCHOOL LIFE AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC CHALLENGE: A NEWFOUNDLAND CASE STUDY
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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This study explored changes in student attitudes toward school life following the 1992 Newfoundland groundfishery closure. Using data extracted from a provincial quality of school life (QSL) survey, means associated with students from a sample of fishing communities were compared with provincial means. Although community students had poorer perceptions of school life both before and during the fishery closure, more positive attitudes were evident after the closure, suggesting that parental job loss may have motivated children to aspire beyond their parents' vocational achievements. However, not all communities demonstrated such a positive change. Plausible explanations for the community ...