---
_id: '66479'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Sense of belonging at school (SoBaS) is a basic requirement for every student
    and\r\na major inclusivity goal for educational institutions. In the present study,
    we re-\r\nport on a self-evaluation of the Laborschule Bielefeld (LS; Germany)
    covering\r\n­ SoBaS. LS is an inclusive experimental comprehensive school with
    more than for-\r\nty years of experience concerning a non-segregative and diversity-friendly
    school\r\nculture. Based on propensity score matching, the study investigated
    whether the\r\nSoBaS scores of the students at this inclusive experimental school
    (N= 115) differ\r\nfrom the students visiting inclusive classes in regular state-run
    comprehensive\r\nschools (N= 2376). Furthermore, we examined the factors in the
    students’ educa-\r\ntional environment at LS that may potentially influence their
    SoBaS. The results\r\nindicate that the students attending the LS experienced
    a higher SoBaS. In additi-\r\non, certain aspects of LS's teaching and interaction
    culture were identified as aus-\r\npicious factors for accomplishing high levels
    of students’ SoBaS."
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Rabea
  full_name: Marker, Rabea
  last_name: Marker
- first_name: Harry
  full_name: Kullmann, Harry
  id: '77972'
  last_name: Kullmann
  orcid: 0000-0001-5488-5105
- first_name: Dominik
  full_name: Zentarra, Dominik
  last_name: Zentarra
- first_name: Sabine
  full_name: Geist, Sabine
  last_name: Geist
- first_name: Birgit
  full_name: Lütje-Klose, Birgit
  last_name: Lütje-Klose
citation:
  ama: Marker R, Kullmann H, Zentarra D, Geist S, Lütje-Klose B. Sense of Belonging
    at School as a quality measure of inclusion – Comparing the inclusive experimental
    school Laborschule Bielefeld with regular inclusive comprehensive schools and
    investigating the determining factors. <i>Journal for Educational Research Online</i>.
    2023;15(2):250-273. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>
  apa: Marker, R., Kullmann, H., Zentarra, D., Geist, S., &#38; Lütje-Klose, B. (2023).
    Sense of Belonging at School as a quality measure of inclusion – Comparing the
    inclusive experimental school Laborschule Bielefeld with regular inclusive comprehensive
    schools and investigating the determining factors. <i>Journal for Educational
    Research Online</i>, <i>15</i>(2), 250–273. <a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Marker_Kullmann_Zentarra_Geist_Lütje-Klose_2023, title={Sense
    of Belonging at School as a quality measure of inclusion – Comparing the inclusive
    experimental school Laborschule Bielefeld with regular inclusive comprehensive
    schools and investigating the determining factors}, volume={15}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Journal for Educational Research Online}, publisher={Waxmann},
    author={Marker, Rabea and Kullmann, Harry and Zentarra, Dominik and Geist, Sabine
    and Lütje-Klose, Birgit}, year={2023}, pages={250–273} }'
  chicago: 'Marker, Rabea, Harry Kullmann, Dominik Zentarra, Sabine Geist, and Birgit
    Lütje-Klose. “Sense of Belonging at School as a Quality Measure of Inclusion –
    Comparing the Inclusive Experimental School Laborschule Bielefeld with Regular
    Inclusive Comprehensive Schools and Investigating the Determining Factors.” <i>Journal
    for Educational Research Online</i> 15, no. 2 (2023): 250–73. <a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>.'
  ieee: 'R. Marker, H. Kullmann, D. Zentarra, S. Geist, and B. Lütje-Klose, “Sense
    of Belonging at School as a quality measure of inclusion – Comparing the inclusive
    experimental school Laborschule Bielefeld with regular inclusive comprehensive
    schools and investigating the determining factors,” <i>Journal for Educational
    Research Online</i>, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 250–273, 2023, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>.'
  mla: Marker, Rabea, et al. “Sense of Belonging at School as a Quality Measure of
    Inclusion – Comparing the Inclusive Experimental School Laborschule Bielefeld
    with Regular Inclusive Comprehensive Schools and Investigating the Determining
    Factors.” <i>Journal for Educational Research Online</i>, vol. 15, no. 2, Waxmann,
    2023, pp. 250–73, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.06">10.31244/jero.2023.02.06</a>.
  short: R. Marker, H. Kullmann, D. Zentarra, S. Geist, B. Lütje-Klose, Journal for
    Educational Research Online 15 (2023) 250–273.
date_created: 2026-07-14T08:12:06Z
date_updated: 2026-08-22T12:07:07Z
department:
- _id: '556'
doi: 10.31244/jero.2023.02.06
intvolume: '        15'
issue: '2'
jel:
- I24
keyword:
- sense of belonging
- inclusive education
- secondary school
- social-emotional needs
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://www.pedocs.de/volltexte/2025/32500/pdf/JERO_2023_2_Marker_et_al_Sense_of_Belonging.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 250-273
publication: Journal for Educational Research Online
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1866-6671
publication_status: published
publisher: Waxmann
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Sense of Belonging at School as a quality measure of inclusion – Comparing
  the inclusive experimental school Laborschule Bielefeld with regular inclusive comprehensive
  schools and investigating the determining factors
type: journal_article
user_id: '105186'
volume: 15
year: '2023'
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