(en) School climate is often highlighted as a lever for reducing violence in schools. This article reviews the empirical arguments that support this claim. It then presents two multilevel studies assessing the magnitude of the school-effect on the risk of victimisation of students and teachers, and the links between school climate and these between-school variations. Consistently, the results indicate little variation between schools, particularly among students. Some part of the between-school variations is associated with the composition of the student body, while some of it is associated with discipline management and crisis management practices. The results presented question the supposed importance of school climate in preventing student and teacher victimisation and call for greater precision and rigour in the study of school climate.
Galand, B., Pascal, S., & Janosz, M. (2023). Prévenir les violences à l’école via le climat scolaire ? Une analyse de l’effet-école sur la victimisation des élèves et des enseignants. Revue française de pédagogie, 218 (2023), 95-115. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/24987 (Original work published 2023)