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Autor/inn/en | Eble, Alex; Escueta, Maya |
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Institution | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University |
Titel | Aspirations, Education, and Extreme Poverty. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-343 |
Quelle | (2021), (27 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Parent Aspiration; Poverty; Academic Aspiration; Developing Nations; Occupational Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Literacy; Numeracy; Preschool Children; Investment; Gambia Elternwille; Armut; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton |
Abstract | Aspirations shape important future-oriented behaviors, including educational investment. Higher family aspirations for children predict better educational outcomes in multiple developing countries. Unfortunately, aspirations sometimes outstrip people's ability to pursue them. We study the relationship between family aspirations for children and later child educational outcomes in an extremely poor context. We observe caregivers' educational and career aspirations for thousands of rural Gambian children about to begin schooling. While higher aspirations predict subsequent educational investment and, three years later, better child performance on reading/math tests, these gains are small in terms of skills learned, and high-aspirations children remain far from achieving literacy/numeracy. In contrast, a bundled supply-side intervention generated large literacy/numeracy gains in these areas. Since unobserved correlates of aspirations and educational outcomes likely bias our estimates upwards, the true aspirations-learning relationship may be even smaller. We conclude higher aspirations alone are insufficient to achieve literacy/numeracy in this, and perhaps similar contexts. (As Provided). |
Anmerkungen | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |