%0 Thesis
%9 Master
%A Puister, Charlotte
%D 2019
%F theses_frw:666
%T The quality of school life: a research on the influence of the physical school environment on the quality of school life of secondary school students in the Netherlands.
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/666/
%X This research has focused on the extent to which the physical school environment influences the quality of school life of secondary school students in the Netherlands. Literature on quality of life, sense of place and the human-environment relationship was used to identify three additional characteristics of quality of school life, beside the physical school environment. These are: human biology, individual school behaviour and the social school environment. This research was conducted as a case study. The selected school is the Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium in Groningen, the Netherlands. The results show that the physical school environment is a significant predictor for the reported quality of school life. The influence of the physical school environment takes place in two manners, namely by (1) creating a comfortable school environment (aesthetics and sensory aspects of the school) and (2) by providing a context for social interactions (accessibility and ownership).