Abstract:Strong communities, measured in terms of belonging, are often shown to produce positive social and educational outcomes. Although useful, this approach narrows the potential scope of the concept and inadequately measures complex communities where positive outcomes, such as student engagement, can be mixed with negative outcomes, such as social exclusion. Conceptualizing communities as a network of interrelationships allows for breaking the concept of community down into the underlying structures among community members. Researchers can then examine community processes and outcomes using new measurements that capture the internal dynamics of community formation as driven by potentially competing theoretical mechanisms: bonding and exploration.

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社区问题化：一种将校园社区概念化的网络方法

摘要：以归属感衡量的强大社区通常会产生积极的社会和教育成果。虽然有用，但这种方法缩小了概念的潜在范围，并且不能充分衡量复杂的社区，在这些社区中，积极的结果（如学生参与）可能与消极的结果（如社会排斥）混合在一起。将社区概念化为相互关系的网络，可以将社区的概念分解为社区成员之间的底层结构。然后，研究人员可以使用新的测量方法来检查社区过程和结果，这些测量方法可以捕捉由潜在竞争理论机制驱动的社区形成的内部动态：结合和探索。