„Insgesamt zeigen die Daten eine hohe Zufriedenheit mit der Schule und vor allem mit der Klasse. Schüler/innen der Sekundarstufe 1 stehen der Schule größtenteils positiv oder zumindest neutral gegenüber: 59 % geben an, gern oder sehr gern in die Schule zu gehen, etwa ein Viertel (27 %) äußert sich neutral. Insbesondere in ihrer Klasse fühlen sich die meisten Schüler/innen wohl. Etwas mehr als drei Viertel der Schüler/innen äußern sich in Bezug auf ihre Klasse positiv, weitere 16 % neutral und 9 % geben an, (sehr) unzufrieden mit ihrer Klasse zu sein.“
BIFIE (Hrsg.), Standardüberprüfung 2019. Englisch, 8.Schulstufe, Bundesergebnisbericht (2020), S. 34.

„93 % aller Schüler/innen betrachten die eigene soziale Eingebundenheit als eher hoch oder hoch und nur 1 % gibt eine niedrige bzw. 6 % eine eher niedrige soziale Eingebundenheit an.“
BIFIE (Hrsg.), Standardüberprüfung 2019. Englisch, 8.Schulstufe, Bundesergebnisbericht (2020), S. 35.

„Schüler, die sich in der Schule sicher fühlen, erzielen tendenziell bessere Bildungsergebnisse. Im Gegensatz dazu kann ein von Respektlosigkeit, Mobbing, Schikanen oder Gewalt geprägtes Umfeld das Lernen massiv erschweren. Mobbing in der Schule kann sich für lange Zeit negativ auf das psychische Wohlergehen der Schüler auswirken und erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit, die Schulausbildung vorzeitig abzubrechen.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Bildung auf einen Blick 2020. OECD-Indikatoren (2020), S. 146.

„Across OECD countries, just about two in three students reported that they are satisfied with their lives, and that percentage shrank by five percentage points between 2015 and 2018. Some 6 % of students reported always feeling sad.“
Angel Gurría, OECD-Generalsekretär. In: OECD (Hrsg.), PISA 2018 Results. Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World? (2020), S. 3.

„In the latest edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), in 2018, an average of 23 % of students reported being bullied at least a few times a month, most often boys and low-achieving students vis-à-vis girls and high-achievers. […] Students who are bullied experience more negative schooling experiences and report higher levels of negative feelings, such as sadness. Bullying is also associated with poorer academic performance, although negative relations with peers could be both a cause and consequence of low performance.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Crime & punishment (2020), S. 2.

„A safe and supportive school environment not only promotes students’ academic achievement, well-being and self-esteem but can also protect them from engaging in deviant and risky behaviours. […] According to PISA 2018, students who attend schools with a high prevalence of bullying are more likely to feel a weaker sense of belonging, a poorer disciplinary climate and less co-operation with their schoolmates than those in schools with a low prevalence of bullying.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Education in the Digital Age (2020), S. 177.

„An apparent geographical pattern showed that countries with the highest means and lowest percentages of low-satisfaction were all located in Europe; while countries with the lowest means and highest percentages of low satisfaction were all located in Asia.“
Dr. Gwyther Rees u. a., Children’s Worlds Report 2020 (2020), S. 26.

„A striking number of children in rich countries do not have good mental well-being: In 12 of 41 countries, less than 75 per cent of children aged 15 have high life satisfaction.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 3.

„Bullying by peers remains a serious problem; it has a lasting negative impact on relationships and health. Children who are frequently bullied have lower mean life satisfaction.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 4.

„The strongest link found was between happiness and time spent with family. This is consistent with other research showing the importance of family relationships for children.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 21.

„Moderate use (between 30 minutes and 3 hours per day, depending on device and timing) was associated with the highest mental well-being. Children who did not use technology, as well as those who were very intensive users, had lower well-being.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 22f.

„An analysis of data from the United States and the United Kingdom suggests that the overall link between technology use and adolescent mental well-being is negative but small, explaining only 0.4 per cent of the differences in mental well-being. Many common activities that do not draw as much media attention – such as eating breakfast, cycling or getting enough sleep – have a larger association with adolescent mental well-being. Among negative factors, screen time had an association with adolescent well-being four times less strong than that of being bullied.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 23.

„Studies primarily from the United States and the United Kingdom have shown that being bullied has a lasting negative impact even up to the age of 50, both on a person‘s social relationships and on their mental and physical health.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 25.

„Children who have a strong sense of belonging to school tend to have higher academic achievement. As school is such a major part of most children‘s lives, it is reasonable to suppose that aspects such as school belonging also contribute to life satisfaction.“
UNICEF (Hrsg.), Worlds of Influence. Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries (2020), S. 26.

„Between 2003 and 2015, students’ sense of belonging at school seems to have weakened. On average across 30 OECD countries with comparable data, over those 12 years the proportion of students who reported feeling like an outsider at school increased by 10 percentage points, from 7% to 17%. Similarly, the proportion of students who reported feeling awkward and out of place in their school increased by 9 percentage points, and the proportion of students who reported feeling lonely increased by 7 percentage points.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „PISA in Focus 100“ (September 2019), S. 2

„Ein lernförderliches Klima wie etwa der Aufbau und die Pflege der persönlichen Beziehungen zwischen Schülerinnen und Schülern und Lehrkräften sowie die Lern- und Unterrichtsatmosphäre, die durch Selbstachtung, Respekt, Vertrauen und Gerechtigkeit geprägt ist, gelten als unverzichtbare Faktoren des Lernerfolgs. Ein hohes Wohlbefinden der Schüler/innen in der Schule und ihren Klassen ist somit auch ein wichtiges Ergebnis schulischen Handelns.“
BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Standardüberprüfung 2018. Mathematik, 4. Schulstufe“ (2019), Länderergebnisberichte, S. 14

„Ein positives Schul- oder Unterrichtsklima wirkt sich nicht nur auf das Wohlbefinden der Schüler/innen und deren Lernerfolg aus, sondern auch auf die Wirksamkeit der Unterrichtenden, das Selbstvertrauen und das Engagement der Lehrenden in der Schule und im Unterricht. Die Unterrichtsdisziplin hat Einfluss auf das Schul- und Unterrichtsklima, insbesondere auf das Element der emotionalen und physischen Sicherheit.“
BIFIE (Hrsg.), „TALIS 2018. Band 1“ (2019), S. 61

„Die hohe Schulfreude von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund und solchen aus bildungsfernen Familien zeigt sich am deutlichsten beim Vergleich nach dem Index der sozialen Benachteiligung. Je höher die soziale Benachteiligung an Schulen ist (Anm.: Gemeint ist: Je größer der Anteil der SchülerInnen aus sozial schwachen Elternhäusern an einer Schule ist), desto höher ist auch das Wohlbefinden der Schüler/innen in diesen Schulen.“
BMBWF (Hrsg.), „Nationaler Bildungsbericht Österreich 2018. Band 1“ (2019), S. 170

„Warm, caring, supportive student-teacher relationships, as well as other child-adult relationships, are linked to better school performance and engagement, greater emotional regulation, social competence, and willingness to take on challenges.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond u. a., Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development (2019), S. 102.

„Research suggests that students are more likely to attend and graduate from school, attach to learning, and succeed academically when they have strong, trusting, supportive connections to adults, including at least one intensive relationship with a close advisor or mentor.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond u. a., Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development (2019), S. 103.

„Unusually high rates of maladaptive behaviors are found among affluent youth beginning around seventh grade, including substance abuse, eating disorders, and even suicide attempts. These are thought to be a function of high rates of stress associated with a culture of competition and peer pressure, coupled with inattentive or permissive parenting in the context of depersonalized school settings.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond u. a., Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development (2019), S. 105.

„Recent research shows that relational trust among teachers, parents, and school leaders is a key resource for schools that predicts the likelihood of gains in achievement and other student outcomes where instructional expertise is also present.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond u. a., Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development (2019), S. 108.

„Building strong relationships between the school and the family increases academic outcomes for students.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond u. a., Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development (2019), S. 109.

„In PISA 2015, Chinese students score among the lowest in the world in terms of self-reported life satisfaction. Stress and dissatisfaction can sometimes lead to tragic consequences. According to the 2014 edition of the Annual Report of China’s Education, a high share of teenagers who committed suicide were pushed to the brink by the heavy pressure of tests and exams.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Doepke u. a., „Love, Money and Parenting“ (2019), S. 286

„School-based extra-curricular activity has been identified as being a particularly powerful and positive form of extra-curricular activity for enhancing achievement (i.e., more so than home- or community-based extra-curricular activity). Being school-based, this form of extra-curricular activity tends to increase students’ identification with the school, promote positive school-based values, brings students into closer proximity with teachers who can help them academically, and promote positive peer affiliation – all of which are important factors in academic achievement – and apparently especially effective for low ESCS migrant students.“
EU-Kommission (Hrsg.), Against the Odds – Academically resilient students with a migrant background and how they succeed (2019), S. 51f.

„Those who speak the language of instruction at home usually report a higher sense of belonging and fewer experiences of bullying at school than those who speak another language at home, in almost all education systems.“
EU-Kommission (Hrsg.), „Integrating Students from Migrant Backgrounds into Schools in Europe“ (2019), S. 42

„Those being privately educated at the age of fourteen were more likely to be happy with their school work and the way they looked, and generally more likely to be satisfied with themselves. The children at the richer private schools were even happier.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Francis Green u. a., Engines of Privilege (2019), S. 98.

„23 per cent of the privately educated – as opposed to 32 per cent of those in state schools – said that it was 'true/sometimes true' that they 'didn’t enjoy anything at all'. The image of an especially stressed and unhappy private school child is illusory.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Francis Green u. a., Engines of Privilege (2019), S. 99.

„The impacts of new technologies and devices on mental health may vary significantly across children. Highly skilled individuals are likely to be better informed about the risks associated with extreme usage of technology and to pay more attention to screen time and use of personal devices. Data from PISA suggest that top-performing students are less likely to feel bad without an Internet connection.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Changing the Odds for Vulnerable Children (2019), S. 113.
In Österreich sind davon 35 % der 15-Jährigen betroffen, die in allen drei Kompetenzbereichen (Lesen, Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften) im Spitzenfeld (mindestens Kompetenzniveau 5) landen, aber 53 % derer, die sich in allen drei Bereichen im Risikobereich befinden. (Quelle: OECD (Hrsg.), Skills Outlook 2019 (2019), Figure 4.15.)

„Well-designed after-school programmes can make a considerable contribution to the educational and social development of young people, and to staying on in school. Attractive opportunities for young people to engage in sports, learn a musical instrument or get involved in handicraft and other practical activities can help build social and professional skills, while countering the risk of isolation. Empirical evidence confirms the positive effects of extracurricular activities on schooling outcomes and career prospects.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Changing the Odds for Vulnerable Children (2019), S. 120.

„Data from the 2015 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) […] indicate that Korea has the lowest share of young people reporting high life satisfaction among OECD countries and the second-highest share of those reporting low satisfaction.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Investing in Youth. Korea (2019), S. 30.

„Parents overwhelmingly cite school safety, a good reputation and a pleasant environment as the most important criteria they consider when choosing a school for their child – and for good reason. A safe, supportive and healthy school climate can make a great difference in students’ lives.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „PISA 2018 Results. What School Life Means for Students’ Lives“ (2019), S. 36

PISA 2018: „On average across the OECD countries and economies that distributed the parent questionnaire, 92 % of students’ parents considered a safe school environment important or very important; 89 % considered an active and pleasant school climate important or very important; and 81 % attached the same importance to the academic achievement of the students in the school.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „PISA 2018 Results. What School Life Means for Students’ Lives“ (2019), S. 148

„Students who develop positive relationships with peers and teachers, and a strong attachment to the school, are less likely to play truant and drop out of school.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „PISA 2018 Results. What School Life Means for Students’ Lives“ (2019), S. 136

„Proficiency in the host country’s language also affects the well-being of students with an immigrant background. In a large number of countries and economies, non-native-speaking immigrant students were less likely to feel they belong at school than both native speakers born in the country and immigrant students who are native speakers.“
OECD (Hrsg.), The Road to Integration (2019), S. 82.

„Immigrant students who are non-native speakers are five percentage points less likely than those who are native speakers to report a sense of belonging at school, on average across OECD countries.“
Mag. Dr. Neda Forghani-Arani u.a., „The lives of teachers in diverse classrooms“ (2019), S. 12
Im OECD-Mittel beträgt dieser Rückstand 4,8 Prozentpunkte, in Österreich ist er mit 3,6 Prozentpunkten erfreulicherweise etwas kleiner. (Quelle: OECD (Hrsg.), „The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background“ (2018), Fig. 5.8a)

„Schüler/innen in österreichischen Schulen der Sekundarstufe 1 stehen der Schule größtenteils positiv oder zumindest neutral gegenüber: 59 % geben an, gern oder sehr gern in die Schule zu gehen, etwa ein Viertel (27 %) äußert sich neutral. Insbesondere in ihrer Klasse fühlen sich die meisten Schüler/innen wohl. Mehr als drei Viertel der Schüler/innen äußern sich in Bezug auf ihre Klasse positiv, weitere 15 % neutral. Nur 9 % geben an, (sehr) unzufrieden mit ihrer Klasse zu sein.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Standardüberprüfung 2017. Mathematik, 8. Schulstufe. Bundesergebnisbericht“ (2018), S. 32

„93 % aller Schülerinnen und Schüler betrachten die eigene soziale Eingebundenheit als eher hoch oder hoch und nur 1 % gibt eine niedrige soziale Eingebundenheit an. Dieses hohe Zugehörigkeitsgefühl zur Schule belegen für Österreich auch im internationalen Vergleich die Ergebnisse der OECD-Studie PISA 2012.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Standardüberprüfung 2017. Mathematik, 8. Schulstufe. Bundesergebnisbericht“ (2018), S. 32

Großbritannien: „Some 15 % of disadvantaged students in the United Kingdom are 'socially and emotionally resilient', meaning that they are satisfied with their life, feel socially integrated at school and do not suffer from test anxiety.“
OECD (Hrsg.), „Equity in Education: Breaking Down Barriers to Social Mobility. Country Note United Kingdom“ (2018), S. 2
Im OECD-Durchschnitt sind es 26 %, in Österreich 28 %.

Südkorea: „A comparatively high share of 15-year-olds say they feel like they 'belong' at school (80 %, compared to an OECD average of 73 %), and a relatively low share report being the victim of bullying at least a few times a month (12 %, compared to an OECD average of 19 %).“

Dr. Olivier Thévenon u. a., „Tackling child poverty in Korea“ (2018), S. 35

„Schüler/innen in österreichischen Schulen der Sekundarstufe 1 stehen der Schule größtenteils positiv oder zumindest neutral gegenüber: 60 % geben an, gern oder sehr gern in die Schule zu gehen, etwa ein Viertel äußert sich neutral.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Standardüberprüfung 2016 – Deutsch, 8. Schulstufe, Bundesergebnisbericht“ (2017), S. 36

Nur 12 Prozent der AHS-SchülerInnen und 16 Prozent der HauptschülerInnen bzw. NMS-SchülerInnen gehen „ungern“ oder „sehr ungern“ in die Schule!

„In 2016, 67 % of citizens reported being satisfied with the education system and schools in the city or area where they live, which is also comparable to the satisfaction level before the financial and economic crisis.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Government at a Glance 2017“ (2017), S. 232

In Österreich sind sogar 72 % der BürgerInnen mit dem Schulwesen zufrieden.

Japan: „The high levels of stress are reflected in Japan’s suicide rates, which are among the highest in the world, including among younger generations.“

UNESCO (Hrsg.), „Happy Schools!” (2016), S. 28

Südkorea: „Despite being one of the highest performing countries in PISA, 2012 results also showed that Korean 15-year-olds reported being the unhappiest among all participating countries. This unhappiness among Korean children appears to stem from the education system and, more specifically, from the pressure they face to excel academically.“

UNESCO (Hrsg.), „Happy Schools!” (2016), S. 29

„While 15 year-olds in Estonia do very well in international assessments, the percentage of students who feel happy at school, however, is one of the lowest among OECD countries.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Estonia“ (2016), S. 65

„2012 geben mehr als 80 % aller Schüler/innen an, mit ihrer Klasse und ihren Mitschülerinnen und Mitschülern sehr bzw. eher zufrieden zu sein.“

BIFIE (Hrsg.), „Nationaler Bildungsbericht Österreich 2015, Band 1“ (2016), S. 80

„In 2012, Austrian students reported the highest level of overall well-being as measured by an index of sense of belonging at school across all OECD countries participating in PISA 2012.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Reviews of School Resources – Austria“ (2016), S. 55

„Trust impacts the governance of education systems in a number of ways. It enables stakeholders to take risks, facilitates interactions and co-operation, and reduces the need for control and monitoring.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Governing Education in a Complex World“ (2016), S. 222

„Trust in the system impacts not only the functioning of the system, but also the actions of individual actors in the system.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Governing Education in a Complex World“ (2016), S. 222

„82 % of students are satisfied with their school (a larger proportion than in most OECD countries) and 77 % of students find the conditions in their school ideal, compared to the OECD average of 61 %.“

Michael Bruneforth, MA, u. a., „Country Background Report for Austria“ (2015), S. 117

Österreichs 15-Jährige:

„While in 2003 Austria was already one of the countries where students expressed the strongest sense of belonging at school, the situation improved further until 2012: the proportion of students who reported that they feel lonely at school shrank from an already low level, and the proportion of students who reported that other students seem to like them increased from 78 % to 94 %.“

Michael Bruneforth, MA, u. a., „Country Background Report for Austria“ (2015), S. 117

„Rund 70 % aller Eltern wenden sich bevorzugt an (Beratungs-)Lehrer oder sie befragen andere Eltern (69 %). Lehrer genießen unter den verschiedenen Ansprechpartnern auch mit Abstand das größte Vertrauen, quer durch alle Schichten.“

Allensbach (Hrsg.), „Was Eltern wollen“ (2015), S. 7

„Finnish education is characterised by a high level of trust in all the parties concerned, in particular teachers. This enables highly trained individuals to perform well and to remain highly motivated.“

EU-Kommission (Hrsg.), „Education and Training Monitor 2015 - Country analysis“ (2015), S. 90

„Scotland has a historic high regard for learning, education and teachers, and the trust it invests in teachers’ professional judgment is admirable.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Improving Schools in Scotland“ (2015), S. 17

„The relationship between trust and individual support for public education expenditures might explain why high-trust countries are more likely to have high levels of public expenditure.“

Dr. Nurullah Gur u. a.„In Public Education Expenditures We Trust: Does Trust Increase Support for Public Education Expenditures?“ in „Educational Sciences: Theorie & Practice“ (2015), 15(2), S. 379

„In Finland teachers and schools enjoy strong public confidence. Parents trust teachers the way that they trust their dentists.“

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, „Finnish Lessons 2.0“ (2015), S. 117

„Monitoring is not always the solution because it is costly and can have perverse effects on incentives if it is badly implemented. Moreover, monitoring can actually create a system of distrust between stakeholders.“

Dr. Lucie Cerna, „Trust: What it is and Why it Matters for Governance and Education“ (2014), S. 30

„In Finland, for example, the trust in teachers is so strong that school inspections do not even take place – instead, the system functions by trusting in a high level of professionalism and professional ethics of teachers and school leaders.“

Dr. Lucie Cerna, „Trust: What it is and Why it Matters for Governance and Education“ (2014), S. 9

„Trusting teachers also implies developing trust in the unique nature of the pedagogical relationship in which teachers and learners engage, which is also based on some degree of autonomy.“

Dr. Lucie Cerna, „Trust: What it is and Why it Matters for Governance and Education“ (2014), S. 32

„Exceptionally high trust in the system in Finland contributes to its success by attracting talented teachers and encouraging parents to follow the educational development of their children.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „OECD Economic Surveys – Denmark“ (2014), S. 91

Finnland: „As trusted professionals, teachers have considerable pedagogical autonomy to interpret the curricula and to choose teaching methods and materials, as well as resources and methods to continuously assess students' progress.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Education Policy Outlook: Finland“ (2013), S. 10

„Teachers, for their part, need to be able to trust that they are allowed to work like other highly educated experts, as autonomous pedagogical professionals, in a way that takes full advantage of their potential. This Finnish model of the teacher’s role, which is based on trust, seems to be yielding excellent results in international comparison.“

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tiina Silander u. a., „The Theory and practice of Building Pedagogical Skill in Finnish Teacher Education“ in Meyer u. a., „PISA, Power und Policy“ (2013), S. 95

„A country‘s average level of trust is positively correlated with the percentage of GDP allocated to public investment in education.“

Dr. Giacomo Ponzetto u. a., „Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth“ (2012), S. 22

„The current culture of accountability in the public sector often threatens school and community social capital and damages trust, rather than supports it.“

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, „Rethinking accountability in a knowledge society“ in „Journal of Educational Change“ (2010), S. 57