Effect of Community Factors on Primary School Learners' Achievement in Rural Bangladesh

Autor/in	Alam, Shafiqul
Titel	Effect of Community Factors on Primary School Learners' Achievement in Rural Bangladesh
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning for Development, 2 (2015) 1, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2311-1550
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Community Influence; Elementary School Students; Academic Achievement; Rural Schools; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Human Capital; Social Capital; School Community Relationship; Educational Quality; Parents; Semi Structured Interviews; Community Characteristics; Parent Attitudes; Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulleistung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Humankapital; Sozialkapital; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Eltern; Elternverhalten; Bangladesch
Abstract	Community plays an important role in childhood education. This research has identified the community factors that affect learners' achievement through the use of case studies. Qualitative data were captured by semi-structured interview and data interpretation was underpinned by concepts derived from human capital and social capital theories. This research identified six community factors: financial position, environment, educational status, communication and support given to schools, community child care, and unity and cooperation among community people that affect learner's achievement (i.e., quality of education). This research also suggests that the notion of "rural community roles" tend to be thought of as "doing something for the children". There is also an ecological balance in the relations between the community and the school. This research suggests that the human capital and social capital of the community and children reinforce each other in a reproductive loop. This means the human and social capital of family and community play a role in the creation of the human and social capitals of the children (quality education), and vice-versa. These observations on education quality add a new horizon to the knowledge base of primary education, and one that may contribute to policy-making and also facilitate further research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01