(A) study on performance of economics graduate students, Korea University : who is a good human capital in graduate school?

김경현 Graduate School, Korea University 2010 국내석사

The purpose of this investigation is to do determine a prediction model for selecting graduate students in economics area. Although economic graduate course in South Korea is similar to the one in Britain and the United States, little attention has been given to examine a student performance. Athey, Katz, Krueger, Levitt and Poterba(2007), who studied a research on economics graduate school of the United States, even said that economists devote considerable effort to graduate students education but have conducted relatively little research on the determinants of student performance or placement in the job market. As the authors' opinion, a study on performance of graduate students should be an important and urgent problem. But this paper is not concerned here with the determinants of student performance in labor market, the study will be supplemented by previous studied in section Ⅱ. The main objectives of this study were : firstly, to do a study on human capital in economics, secondly, to do a study on a group of the highest education level, and thirdly, to do a prediction on graduate students performance using pre-admission data of applicants. By analyzing this paper, we examine the sequentiality between economics required subjects of undergraduate and graduate course. And the paper can be concerned with what factors have an effect on economic graduate performance. It is important for selection process of pre-admission to cultivate outstanding scholars in graduate school. Hence, the results are expected to help screening graduate students in admissions committee.

Impact of school factor-realated incentives on Pupil's absenteeism in Ugandan public primary schools

이재익 Graduate School of International Studies, Korea Un 2018 국내석사

ABSTRACT The study is analyzing the impact of school factor-related incentives on pupil’s absenteeism in Ugandan public primary schools. Were it not for the proper understanding of the education system in Uganda, our endeavor to make progress in the quality of education in the country would be easily blocked. Even if pupil’s absenteeism in Uganda has been a critical problem with regard to the quality of public primary education, especially from the perspective of school factor-related incentives, only few studies have systematically examined its associated determinants in conjunction with school factor-related incentives. The one of the main objectives of the study is to examine the impact of school factor-related incentives; and to investigate the adequate solutions to the pupil absenteeism problem as the base of operations by utilizing dataset which is amassed by an international Non–Governmental Organization UWEZO 2012. School factor-related incentives are divided into four categories: School feeding, whether each of the sample schools has a school library, electricity, and safe-water source. By applying OLS regression using the dataset which includes randomly chosen 81,650 children and 2,279 public primary schools, this study examines how those incentives are correlated with pupil’s absenteeism in Ugandan public primary schools. As a result of estimation, the biggest and most effective way of boosting pupil’s attendance is school feeding. It is because that although Uganda has enjoyed one of the highest rates of economic growth over the last decade, 35 percent of the total Ugandan population is living below the poverty line still. Through participating in school, students also can get benefit such as improving their nourishment and a caloric intake per each day, not to mention that they more frequently come to school. Until now, the Government of Uganda haven’t implemented policy regarding providing school feeding system in their public primary schools. The Ugandan government has the tasks of implementing the policy regarding such incentives which have been shown the negative impact on pupil’s absenteeism and progressing guidelines and standards for fulfilment yet; of course, school feeding should be a top priority. Further research is required to investigate this issues in more detail. Through continued advocacy endeavour and support from communities, better education of all school children in the country can be achieved

Confucianism and its cultural impacts : a comparative study on middle school bullying between China and Japan

Yunbo Bai Graduate School, Yonsei University 2021 국내석사

School bullying has become a social problem all over the world. In recent years, the problem of bullying in middle schools in China has become more and more serious, and the severity of its consequences has attracted the attention of the Chinese government. In the 21st century, Japan is also one of the countries with serious school bullying problems. According to the theory of social ecological system, we can infer that the participants of school bullying are affected by various surrounding environmental factors. As a macro environmental factor, the culture in society has a subtle influence on students' cognition. As we all know, China and Japan are very close geographically and have conducted many cultural exchanges since ancient times. There are cultural similarities between the two countries, especially, the Confucian culture. So does this mean that the reason for the similar behavior of middle school’s bullying in China and Japan is that they are influenced by the similar Confucian culture? Therefore, this paper will take the participants of bullying on middle schools in China and Japan as the research objects, and mainly analyze the cultural reasons of middle school’s bullying in both countries. Comparative research methods, case analysis methods, literature research methods and qualitative research methods are the main research methods used in this article. The second chapter of the thesis first introduces the differences between Chinese and Japanese Confucian cultures, especially in four aspects: shame culture, harmonious culture, collectivism and family culture. At the same time, it introduces the new development of these four cultures in the two countries and the impacts on the current Chinese and Japanese society. The third chapter of the thesis lists cases of bullying in middle schools in China and Japan, and carefully analyzes the psychology of the participants. It is found that although the behaviors of bullying participants in Chinese and Japanese schools are similar, they have different starting points. Therefore, the fourth chapter further analyzes the psychological factors of the three roles in the phenomenon of school bullying in China and Japan, as well as the social and cultural reasons that affect the psychological factors. Through comparative research methods, it is found that the different Confucian cultures in Chinese and Japanese societies have different impacts on the psychology. Although these factors are derived from traditional Confucian culture, they already have had special new developments in China and Japan. Therefore, this article concludes that although the phenomenon of school bullying in China and Japan seems to be the same, the Confucian culture of China and Japan has had impacts on school bullying in China and Japan respectively. Exploring the cultural background of school bullying in China and Japan can enable us to better understand the causes of school bullying and provide some ideas for the future countermeasures of school bullying in the two countries. It has important reference value for the further prevention of school bullying. At the same time, although Confucian culture has its meaning as a traditional culture, it still requires us that in the future China and Japan should constantly reflect on traditional culture, adjusting the traditional culture to new social needs, and better guide people's lives at the level of consciousness.

(The) impact of socio-economic factors on dropouts from primary school in Senegal

Dame Diop Graduate School of Government, Business, and Entre 2021 국내석사

The study aimed at assessing the impact of socioeconomic factors on dropouts from primary school in Senegal. The study sample comprised of 100 respondents divided into two groups 50 parents and 50 students. Secondary data was collected through structured questionnaire and various statistical tools were applied. Descriptive statistics was used to describe frequencies and percentages of the results, Chi-square test was used to examine the significance of association and logistic regression was used to find the relationship between independent and dependent variables of the study. The information collected from respondents were based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics (gender, age, education and income level. Marital status, farms need more people, financial support from parents, farm size, intended age of marriage, parent’s work, student’s other occupation and parents bring children to farms) and school related factors (school events attendance, class repetition, school distance and frequency of parents control at home). It was observed that farm size, parents bring children to farms, age of student, other occupation for student, intended age of marriage and parent’s work had significant relationship with school dropout. The study recommends that the provision of education is necessary to clarify and educate people on the value of education for children to have a better future; the more people understand the importance of education, the lower the number of school dropout rates as a result the environment and economy of the society is improved. Thus education should be promoted to the communities as the key factor for socio-economic development. Besides, the government and education stakeholders should provide consultation to farmers, especially those who have small plots of lands knowing that they tend to send their children to the farm because they don’t have enough income to pay the school fees. So it requires supports for them instead of keeping their children out of school to support domestic chores or farming. Additionally, the government, NGOs and civil society’s organization should widen the employment opportunities to the local communities especially for the unemployed people because as the research shows people who don’t have work, their children tend to dropout school. Moreover, the awareness programs for the community such as the mindset change against negative traditional values that were reduced the pace of education to rural people should be eliminated henceforth. The Ministry of Education needs to outline the research agenda in view of developing strategies to improve access and success within the education sector, especially as regards to basic education. Research-based methods should be developed to reduce the dropout rate, especially in high poverty and remote rural schools. The research agenda should include: - Analysis of the effectiveness of policies and practices as well as determining policy gaps - Tracking cohorts of learners at risk of dropping out - Exploring best practices at schools and ensure their replication - Developing monitoring and evaluation instruments to assess progress and impact of policy and practice. 이 연구는 세네갈의 초등학교 중퇴자에 대한 사회경제적 요인의 영향을 평가하는 것을 목표로 한다. 학부모 50명과 학생 50명으로 나뉘어진 100명의 응답자를 대상으로 연구를 진행했다. 구조화된 설문지를 통해 2차 데이터를 수집하고 다양한 통계 도구를 적용했다. 기술 통계량은 결과의 빈도와 백분율을 기술하는 데 사용되었고, 카이 제곱 검정은 연관성의 유의성을 검사하는 데 사용되었으며 로지스틱 회귀 분석은 연구의 독립 변수와 종속 변수 사이의 관계를 찾는 데 사용되었다. 응답자에게 수집한 정보는 사회경제적 요인(성별, 연령, 교육과 소득 수준, 혼인 여부, 농장의 인원 보충 여부, 부모로부터의 경제적 지원, 농장 규모, 목표 혼인 연령, 부모의 직업, 학생의 다른 직업, 그리고 학생을 농장에 데리고 가는 부모 등)과 학교 관련 요인(교내 행사 참여, 수업의 반복, 학교까지의 거리, 그리고 부모의 통제 빈도 등)을 기반으로 하였다. 농장 규모, 학생을 농장에 데리고 가는 부모, 학생의 연령, 학생의 다른 직업, 목표 혼인 연령, 그리고 부모의 직업은 학교 중퇴에 중요한 관련이 있음이 관찰되었다. 이 연구는 아이들이 더 나은 미래를 향유할 수 있도록 교육의 가치를 명확히 하고 교육하기 위해 교육의 제공이 필요하다고 권고한다. 많은 사람들이 교육의 중요성을 이해할수록, 사회의 환경과 경제가 개선되는 결과로서 학교 중퇴율이 낮아질 것이다. 그러므로 교육은 사회 경제적 발전의 핵심 요소로서 지역사회에 촉진되어야 한다. 게다가, 정부와 교육 이해당사자들은 농부들, 특히 그들의 자녀들을 농장으로 보내는 경향이 있고 소규모의 농지를 소유한 농부들에게 자문을 제공해야 하는데 학교 등록금을 지불할 충분한 소득이 없기 때문이다. 따라서 학생들이 학교 외에 집안일 혹은 농장일을 거들도록 하는 대신 그들에 대한 지원을 요청한다. 추가적으로, 정부, NGO, 그리고 시민사회단체는 실업자들의 자녀가 학교를 중퇴하는 경향이 있기 때문에 이 실업자들을 위해 지역 사회로 취업 기회를 넓혀야 한다. 게다가, 농촌에 대한 교육의 속도를 줄인 부정적인 전통적 가치에 대한 사고방식 변화와 같은 지역사회를 위한 인식 프로그램은 앞으로 사라져야 한다. 교육부는 특히 기초교육과 관련하여 교육 분야 내에서 접근성과 성공을 향상시키기 위한 전략을 개발한다는 관점에서 연구과제의 개요를 제시할 필요가 있다. 특히 고빈곤과 외딴 시골학교에서 중퇴율을 줄일 수 있는 연구 기반의 방법을 개발해야 한다. 연구 과제는 다음을 포함해야 한다. - 정책 및 실행의 효과 분석 및 정책 격차 파악 - 중퇴 위험이 있는 학습자의 집단 추적 – 학교에서의 모범 사례 탐색 및 복제 보장 - 정책 및 실행의 진행 상태와 영향을 평가하기 위한 모니터링 및 평가 도구 개발

Improving indoor air quality in schools using mechanical systems : focused on particulate matter and carbon dioxide

나후승 Graduate School, Yonsei University 2023 국내박사

Recently, fine dust was classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, so global interest in the danger it poses is increasing. Fine dust is more dangerous to the health of children whose respiratory systems are still developing than to healthy adults, so national efforts are being made to reduce fine dust levels in schools. The Ministry of Education implemented air quality management standards in the School Health Act of 2006, suggested countermeasures against high concentrations of fine dust in schools, and provided air purifiers for each classroom nationwide. Recently, academics and parents are increasingly calling for improvements to the overall air quality in schools, including not only fine dust but also carbon dioxide. In this study, I present a mechanical system that can improve schools’ air quality. This dissertation makes three major contributions. The first contribution is that it presents the efficacy of using air curtains to block the inflow of fine dust into schools both in the laboratory and in three schools over a long period of time. The second contribution is that it discusses air quality improvement methods for different places in schools. First, the airtightness of classrooms in schools was analyzed. Air quality improved in both general classrooms and special rooms. With regard to special classrooms, science classrooms’ air quality was affected by the use of chemicals, technology and housework management classrooms’ air quality was affected by fine dust generated during cooking, and food service classrooms’ air quality was affected by fine dust inflows due to doors to the outside always being open. The third contribution is that it presents a plan for how classroom equipment can be operated. It discusses why ventilation should be prioritized over using air purifiers in existing schools and how to improve air quality without excessive noise, which has become an issue recently. The effectiveness of this plan was tested in schools. This dissertation presents a plan for how to mechanically improve school air quality. Its key contents are how to block the inflow of fine dust, how to improve the air quality of different types of rooms in schools, and a plan for operating mechanical air quality improvement systems. I hope that this thesis will be used by schools across the country to improve their air quality for their students’ benefit.

Individual Learners' Attitude, Motivation and Listening Proficiency in Secondary EFL Classroom in Korea

최갑균 Graduate School of Education, Sogang University 2002 국내석사

본 연구는 한국 중·고등학생들의 영어학습에 대한 태도와 동기와 듣기 능력 사이에 관계를 분석하는 데 목적이 있다. 본 연구에서 규명되어야 할 연구문제는 아래와 같다. 1. 한국 중·고등학교 영어학습자들의 영어학습동기는 어떤 요인들이 있는가 2. 중·고등학교에서 성별과 학년들 사이에 미국인에 대한 태도와 영어학습태도에는 각각 의미 있는 차이가 있는가 3. 태도와 동기 수준과 듣기 능력 점수사이에 각각 의미 있는 차이가 있는가 4. 태도와 동기 요인 과 듣기 능력 점수 사이에는 어떤 관계가 있는가 본 연구는 경기도 지역에 있는 중·고등학생 717명을 대상으로 하였다. 본 연구를 위하여 사용된 도구는 설문지와 영어듣기 평가였다. 설문지는 Gardner, R.C.와 Lambert, W.E. (1972)의 “Attitude and Motivation Test Battery"에서 인용하여 Lee (1996a)와 Do¨rnyei (1990)가 발전시킨 설문지이고, 듣기 능력 평가는 전국 15개 시·도 교육청이 연합으로 실시하는 듣기 평가 문제를 활용하였다. 표집 된 자료는 SPSSWIN 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였으며 t 검증, 상관분석, 요인분석을 하였다. 분석된 결과는 아래와 같다 : 1. 이 특수한 상황에서 6개의 동기 동인이 추출되었고 그들은 내적 동기, 중요성, 통합적 동기, 외적동기, 의사소통 그리고 실용성이었다. 2. 한국 중·고등학교 학생들은 영어가 좋은 직업을 얻는 데 필수적이며, 영어가 세계공통어이고, 영어가 어느 분야에서나 중요하고, 영어가 필수 과목이라는 것을 믿고 있으며, 이것은 한국 중·고등학생들은 영어의 중요성을 충분히 인식하고 있다는 것을 의미한다. 3. 동기성향 가운데 중·고등학교에게 듣기 능력 점수와 높은 상관이 있는 공통된 항목은 ‘영어를 좋아한다’는 항목이고, 중학교 1·2학년 학생들은 ‘영어의 중요성’이, 고등학교 1·2학년 학생들은 ‘친구를 사귀기 위해서’와 ‘영어를 좋아하기 때문’이라는 항목이 듣기 능력과 높은 상관이 있었다. 4. 대체로 중학교 1학년 학생들은 내적 동기와 중요성과 관련하여, 중학교 2학년 학생들은 내적 동기, 중요성, 외적동기, 의사소통 과 실용성과 관련하여 영어 공부를 한다. 반면에, 고등학교 1학년 학생들은 의사소통과 관련하여, 고등학교 2학년 학생들은 중요성과 실용성과 관련하여 영어공부를 한다. 5. 미국인에 대한 태도와 영어학습에 대한 태도는 여학생이 남학생보다 더 긍정적인 태도를 보여주었다. 6. 학년사이에 미국인과 영어학습에 대한 태도에 큰 차이를 나타내었고 특히 중학교 1학년 학생들은 현격한 차이를 나타내었으며 미국인과 영어학습에 대하여 호의적인 태도를 가지고 있다. 7. 영어 듣기능력의 상·하 집단에 따른 영어학습에 대한 태도는 상·하 집단사이에 커다란 차이가 있었다. 8. 동기와 태도 변인들은 듣기능력과 의미 있는 상관관계가 있으며 영어학습에 대한 긍정적인 태도를 가진 학생들이 또한 동시에 영어학습에 대한 부정적인 태도를 가지고 있다. 9. 듣기 능력과 가장 밀접한 관계를 가지고 있는 변인은 영어학습태도이고 그 다음으로는 영어학습 동기이고 미국인에 대한 태도는 거의 상관관계가 없었다. 다시 말하면, 영어학습에 대한 태도가 가장 중요하였다. 10. 중학교 학생들이 고등학생들보다 동기요인과 듣기 능력 사이에 더 높은 상관이 있다. 여학생들이 남학생들보다 동기요인과 듣기능력사이에 더 높은 상관이 있다. 동기요인과 듣기능력사이에 상관관계가 있는 순서는 내적 동기요인, 중요성요인, 실용성요인, 의사소통요인, 통합적요인 순서이다. The object of this study is to analyze the relation of individual Learners' Attitude, Motivation and Listening Proficiency in Secondary EFL Classroom in Korea. The research questions investigated in this study are as follows: 1. what factors affect in learning English motivation of learners in secondary school? 2. Is there any significant difference in the attitude toward American and learning English between gender, and among grades in secondary school? 3. Is there any significant difference between the level of attitude/motivation and the score of a listening proficiency test? 4. Is there a relationship between attitude/motivation factors and the score of a listening proficiency test? Subjects in this study were 717 students of secondary school in Kyonggi Province area. The instruments used for this study were a questionnaire and an English listening proficiency test. The former was one adapted from “Attitude and Motivation Test Battery" (Lambert, W.E. and Gardner, R.C. 1972) and developed by Lee (1996a) and D?rnyei (1990). The latter was an English listening proficiency test supervised by National 15 municipal and provincial Board of Education in Korea. The collected data was analyzed through SPSSWIN program. The statistical tests used for the analysis were t-test, correlation analysis, and factor analysis. From the analysis, the following conclusions could be drawn: 1. The study shows that six motivational orientation factors were retained in this particular context and they were intrinsic motivation, importance, integrative motivation, extrinsic motivation, communication, and practicality. 2. Korean secondary school students believe that English is essential to get a good job, English is the world common language, English is important in any field, and English is a required subject. This means that Korean secondary school students are fully aware of the importance of English. 3. Among motivational orientations, the common items that are highly correlated with the score of listening proficiency for secondary school students are liking English; for the first and second middle school students is the importance of English; for the first and second high school students are making friends and liking English. 4. Wholly the first year middle school students study English related with intrinsic motivation and importance and the second year middle school students study English related with intrinsic motivation, importance, extrinsic motivation, communication, and practicality. On the other hand, the first year high school students study English related with communication and the second year high school students study English related with importance and practicality. 5. The female students have more a positive attitude than the male counterparts toward American and learning English. 6. There was a significant difference between grades, especially the first year middle school students show a striking difference. The first year middle school students have a favorable attitude toward American and learning English. 7. There was the greatest difference in the attitude toward learning English between the high and low level group according to the high and low level of score of listening proficiency test. 8. Motivational and attitudinal variables have significant correlations with the score of listening proficiency, and the students who have positive attitude toward learning English also have a negative attitude toward learning English at the same time. 9. The variable that has the closest relationship with listening proficiency is the attitude toward learning English, and the next variable is the learning English motivation, and the attitude toward American have few significant correlations with listening proficiency. That is to say, it shows that the positive attitude toward learning is very important. 10. The middle school students have higher levels of correlation between motivation factors and listening proficiency than the high school students. The female students have higher levels of correlation between motivation factors and listening proficiency than the male students. The order of the correlation levels between motivation factors and listening proficiency showed intrinsic motivation factor is the highest correlation level and follows importance factor, practicality factor, communication factor, and integrative factor.

Effects of parent involvement on students' academic performance in Fiji

Vuniani Nakatabula Vasu Graduate School of Government, Business, and Entre 2021 국내석사

연구는 피지의 Vanuabalavu에 있는 Adi Maopa 중학교에서 중학생들의 학업성취에 부모의 개임이 미치는 영향을 탐구했다. 연령, 형제 자매 수, 학력, 가계 소득, 부모의 취업 상태와 같은 부모의 사회경제적 요인과 학생의 학업 성취도 사이의 관계를 연구하였다. 또한 성별 및 영어 능력과 같은 학생 요소에 중점을 두었다. 이와 함께 부모의 관여(양육, 학교와의 소통, 가정에서의 학습, 지역사회와의 협업)의 일부 측면과 학생들의 학업성취도와의 관계에도 초점을 맞췄다. 연구 샘플은 Adi Maopa 중학교에 재학 중인 학생 100명으로 구성되었으며, 이 학생들을 관찰하기 위해 학생과 학부모 100명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시했다. 데이터 수집을 위해 학생과 학부모 모두에게 두 세트의 서로 다른 설문지가 제공되었으며, 데이터는 빈도, 카이-제곱, 상관 관계 및 로지스틱 회귀를 통해 분석되었다. 이 연구는 부모 연령, 교육 수준, 고용 상태와 같은 요인이 부모에게 영향을 미치는 것처럼 보였더라도 모든 부모의 사회학적 요소와 학생 요소가 더 나은 학업 성취도를 예측한다는 것을 밝혀내지 못했다. 하지만, 이 연구는 부모들의 참여와 학생들의 학업 성취 사이의 강한 연관성을 보여주었다. 이 연구는 정부가 정책 개혁을 통해 부모들의 참여를 강화하고 부모들의 개입을 개선하기 위한 워크숍을 구성할 것을 권고하고 있다. 학부모들에게, 야간 통행금지를 설정하고, 밖에서 노는 아이들의 시간, TV 시청 시간, 휴대전화 사용 시간, 컴퓨터 사용 시간을 감시하고, 출석률을 감시하고, 취침시간을 통제하고, 학교 규율과 규칙을 지원하는 것이 적극 권장된다. 이와 함께 학교 행정부는 학부모 참여를 막는 장벽(근무 시간에 학부모-교사 회의를 조직하고, 학부모에게 충분한 신뢰를 주지 않는 등)을 제거하고 투명하게 학교 자금을 관리하고 교내 문제에 대해 우려를 표하는 학부모를 따뜻하게 환영해야 한다. 이것은 부모들이 그들의 자녀 교육에 관여할 모든 권리를 가지고 있다는 것을 알게 할 것이다. 다른 하나는 학교장이 학교 프로그램과 진도에 대해 학교-가정 간, 가정-학교 간 의사소통 방법의 질적이고 효과적 활용을 보장해야 한다는 점이다. 또한 지방정부는 학교, 학부모, 지역사회가 긍정적인 소통의 기회를 더 많이 만들어야 한다. 대부분의 권고안은 학부모와의 워크숍 실시를 요구하기 때문에, 중앙정부는 각 학년 내에 학교장이 학부모에게 제공해야 하는 학부모 참여 형식에 대한 커리큘럼을 설계해야 한다는 의견이 높다. 이를 통해 학부모 대다수가 자녀 학업성취도에서 자신의 역할과 책임을 이해할 수 있게 된다. This research explored the effects of parental involvement on secondary school students’ academic achievement at Adi Maopa Secondary School in Vanuabalavu, Fiji. The relationship between parents’ socio-economic factors such as age, number of siblings, education level, household income and parent’s employment status and students’ academic achievement has been studied. Also it focused on student factors such as gender, English proficiency, attitude and term 1 exam result. Together with this, the study also concentrated on the relationship between some aspects of parental involvement (parenting, communicating with the school, learning at home, collaborating with the community) and students’ academic performance. The study sample consisted of 100 students attending Adi Maopa Secondary school and to observe these students, the survey was carried out to the 100 students themselves and their parents. Two sets of different questionnaire were given to both students and parents for the collection of data which were then analyzed through frequencies, chi-square, correlations and Logistic regression. This study did not reveal that all parents’ socio-demographic factors and student factors predict better academic achievement even if a factor like parent’s age, education level employment status, student’s attitude and student’s early exam result seemed to have an impact on them. However, the study revealed a strong connection between parental involvement and students’ academic achievement. The study recommends that the government strengthens parents’ involvement through policy reforms and organizes workshops to improve parental involvement. For parents, it is highly suggested to set curfews, monitor the children time of playing outside, TV watching hours, phones, computer; monitor attendance; control children bedtime and support the school discipline plan and rules. Together with this, schools’ administrations must try to eliminate barriers that prevent parental involvement, (organizing parents-teachers’ meetings at working hours, not giving enough credit or consideration to parents…), manage transparently the schools’ funds and warmly welcome parents who show concerns about the school matters. This will let parents know that they have all the rights to be involved the education of their children. The other one is that school heads must ensure to utilise quality and effective communication methods from school-to-home and from home-to-school about school programs and progress.Also the local government, must create more opportunities for positive communication among the school, parents, and community. Since most recommendations requires workshops to parents, therefore it is highly suggested that the central government must design a curriculum on parent involvement types that needs to be addressed by school heads to parents within each academic year. This will allow majority of the parents to understand their roles and responsibilities in their children academic performance.

(The) effects of school-related gender-based violence on students' absenteeism in primary schools in Southern and Eastern Africa

이소라 Graduate School of International Studies, Korea Un 2019 국내석사

This study examines the relationship between school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and students’ absenteeism in primary schools in 14 Southern and Eastern African countries. Gender-based violence (GBV) in school severely jeopardizes the student’s health and reduces educational outcomes. In sub-Saharan Africa, gender-based violence in school is more problematic due to the deeply ingrained gender inequality. To investigate the relationship between SRGBV and absenteeism, this study employs multivariate regression and a large cross-country dataset, the third round of Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) data. Results indicate that school-related gender-based violence with teachers as perpetrators increases student absence rates in primary schools, especially for sexual harassment, while there is no correlation between pupils’ violence and students’ absenteeism. GBV adversely affects the whole school environment by inhibiting direct and indirect victims’ learning. Furthermore, GBV is rooted in power relation, which is more powerful for teacher-to-pupil relation than pupil-to-pupil relation, and punishment for the teacher’s perpetration in too light in sub-Saharan Africa. Although this research is not without limitations, it does imply that stronger law enforcement on perpetrators, protection of victims, and enhanced teacher training are needed in order to ensure safe school environments.

Determinants of school dropout in the rural areas from Honduras : implications for government policies

Thuman, Samir Guillermo Flores Graduate School of International Studies, Korea Un 2012 국내석사

The school dropout issue is present at all educational stages and in all countries, however the issue is more complex and significant in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) or Developing Countries where the economic conditions are not entirely favorable. In Honduras more than half of the population is located in the rural areas; setting on which most of the people are living under extreme poverty. The conditions of basic education in the rural areas are unstable; more than 70 per cent of schools are managed by one or two professors. In Honduras the educational systems share the following features: insufficient coverage of primary education, increased access to basic education, and little capacity to retain both the primary and secondary levels. Consequently, the school dropout phenomena is linked to low levels of learning the basic content taught by professors, limited access to schools, school material, qualified teachers, as well as issues like poverty and school distance; which slows the development of the skilled children´s at their early age. Its negative effects are gathered throughout the school year, affecting disproportionately the opportunities of improving their welfare and wellbeing, especially among the poorest sectors slowing the economic development of the society and the country as a whole. School dropout have a direct impact on the society which suffer consequences when students drop out from school, the costs to society in terms of lost tax revenue and the expense of government assistance programs for employment, housing, medical care, and imprisonment represent a significant percentage of the countries budget. The document focal point is the analysis of the main causes of school dropout that take place in the rural areas of Honduras; the analysis aims to identify the factors that forced students to take the decision of dropping out from school. Identifying these causes will allow the implementation of strategies that will reduce school dropout, making children’s continue and finish school; give them higher levels of education, better employment generation which symbolize higher future earnings to keep their families out of poverty and improving their living standards. The most relevant findings based on the analysis done and the data collected were that identifying and understanding the causes of school dropout and the factors that influence children to dropout from school in the rural areas from Honduras is a complex but not an unfeasible assignment; mainly because many other areas of the education system in Honduras, school dropout is subjective to and affected by a variety of personal and organizational factors. However with the theoretical review made to identify the main factors that influence on school dropout gave some valuable approach to identify the starting point of the school dropout phenomenon in the rural areas from Honduras and at the same time it gave a possible explanation which determine what will be the best solution to reduce and control school dropout.

Development of physical activity and dietary behavior improvement program for boarding school students

김남희 Graduate School, Yonsei University 2022 국내박사