White and Caribbean students, those of mixed ethic background, those who claimed
Other Nationality and only children gave generally less positive responses. Those whose
parents attended college and those who wished to go to university were more positive.
Students with no religion tended towards a personal positive outlook while female
students and those who saw themselves as British tended towards regarding society
positively.
Clusters 9 and 10
These two clusters were isolated from cluster 1 to 8. The first seems to consist of those
questions that were posed in negative terms.
Q51 I wish Britain didn’t copy the American way of life.*
Q27 I am not responsible for my own educational achievements.*
Q10 There’s not really that much to be optimistic about.*
Q11 Being good doesn’t make any difference to the community.*
Q43 Society isn’t that important.*
Q44 Being British doesn’t actually mean anything to me.*
Q25 I don’t feel British.*
The second consists of four questions that did not fit into any previous cluster.
British nationality
Q40 I experience bullying and violence in my school or local area.
Q54 I’d rather be free to play loud music than have the right to peace and
quiet.
Q38 Pupils here do not care if their friends cheat.
The interest here lies solely in the fact that, for example, Question 38 did not fit into
Cluster 5 where judgment was given on the character of students and Question 54 did not
fit into Cluster 4 on conformity to social rules.
The overall structure in students’ thinking (that is in the main dimensions along which
they differed) is shown in the table below. Individual students have positions within this
structure, with their views on one topic relatively independent of their views on others.
The questions omitted from this analysis and those in the uninterpretable Cluster 10 may
point towards complexity beyond that shown in the table. What is seen here must be
taken along with the complexity found in the analysis of the first questionnaire. The way
in which the young people of Hodge Hill think about character and about society
demonstrates a degree of subtlety.
|
________Main Clusters________ |
__________Sub-clusters__________ | |
|
Views on virtue, character, etc |
Religion |
Religion ______Related moral issues______ |
|
Virtues |
Other-directed ________Personal reliability________ | |
|
Openness and Empathy | ||
|
______Rules and Standards______ |
Personal conformity |
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