What Are The Factors Reducing the Academic Achievement in a Primary School Located in a Neighborhood With a Low Socioeconomic Status?

  • Yelgün A
  • Karaman İ
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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.

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Yelgün, A., & Karaman, İ. (2015). What Are The Factors Reducing the Academic Achievement in a Primary School Located in a Neighborhood With a Low Socioeconomic Status? TED EĞİTİM VE BİLİM, 40(179). https://doi.org/10.15390/eb.2015.2331

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