What Are The Factors Reducing the Academic Achievement in a Primary School Located in a Neighborhood With a Low Socioeconomic Status?
EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, cilt.40, sa.179, ss.251-268, 2015 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 179
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.15390/eb.2015.2331
- Dergi Adı: EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.251-268
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This research was conducted in order to determine the factors negatively affecting academic achievement in a primary school located in a neighborhood consisting of families with low socioeconomic status in the city center of Erzurum, by a teacher working in that school and an academic of Ataturk University in 2011-2012 academic year. Case study was used as a research method, and interview technique as a data collection tool. The research was conducted with the participation of two administrators, eight teachers, five parents and five students from the school. As a result of the study, it was determined that the leading factor that negatively affected the academic achievement in a school located in a neighborhood with low socio-economic status was the socio-economic conditions of the families; which was followed by the settlement of the school, students, parents, teachers, school facilities and some characteristics of school administrators; respectively.