Impact of school environment on self-concept

Pages: 249-251
Rakesh Sandhu (DAV College of Education for Women, Karnal, Haryana)

Self Concept grows in a social context. School is very good social context for students because their work is mainly defined by teachers in their schools. Self concept can be learnt and is not innate. Self concept gradually emerges and is shaped and restructured through repeated perceived experiences. It is developed continuously through the assimilation of new ideas and expulsion of old ideas. The aim of the study is to find out impact of school envi- ronment, type of school and subject combination on the self concept of the students. Keeping in view the nature of the study, the descriptive and survey method was employed. The investigator employed the two standardized tools: Self Concept Scale by Dr. R.K. Saraswat and School Environment Inventory by Dr. K.S. Mishra. A sample of 200 students from govt. and private schools was taken. The result show that majority of students have above average self concept. It was found that there is significant affect of type of school on the self concept of students. Govt. school students have higher level of self concept as compared to non-govt. students. School environment was also found to have significant effect on self concept. Effective school environment students have higher level of self concept as compared to non-effective school environment students.