Adapting the ‘Family Wellbeing’ empowerment program to the needs of remote Indigenous school children

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, and the world has witnessed significant changes since then. Spain has been forced to go into extreme lockdown, cancelling all school classes and outdoor activities for children. Our study explores how parents of a group of school children aged 7 to 8 years have experienced confinement due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Following a narrative methodology, the results have been organized around a story that takes as a reference the period of confinement for a mother and worker in times of confinement. The conclusions of our study suggest that participants have experienced significant changes in their routines, having faced numerous personal and professional dilemmas in a climate of great emotional burden. This study is the first of its kind in investigating how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the ways that children and their families live and its possible implications for their futures.

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The Moderation Role of Being Valued by Teachers Over the Association Between School Children Motivation and Need for Competition

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211044179 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 215824402110441

Author(s):

Cristina Maria Bostan ◽

Tudor Stanciu ◽

Răzvan-Lucian Andronic

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Social Constructivism ◽

Social Economic ◽

Economic Status ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Economic Status ◽

Motivation For Learning ◽

The Social ◽

The Family

Concordant with classical theoretical guidelines (i.e., social facilitation, social constructivism theory, and the Pygmalion effect) we tested the need for competition and perception of being valued by teachers to be better motivated for learning in school. We extend knowledge by testing these associations mediated by the social economic status given by the well-being of the family (i.e., controlling for gender and socio-economic status). A total of 214 Romanian students (45.3% boys) with ages between 13 and 17 years were administered the PEER questionnaire (i.e., perception of being valued by teachers, school-children motivation, and the need for competition). Results show a positive relation between the need for competition and motivation for learning. We also found positive relations between the perception of being valued by the teacher and motivation for learning and the need for competition. We conclude that motivation is higher when the need for competition is higher and the perception of being valued by teachers is higher.

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Developing Self-Awareness as a Researcher: The Family Wellbeing Program

Working on Wicked Problems ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-22325-0_5 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 27-33

Author(s):

Komla Tsey

Keyword(s):

Self Awareness ◽

The Family ◽

Family Wellbeing

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Kepemimpinan Pemuda Dalam Program Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Untuk Meningkatkan Ketahanan Ekonomi Keluarga (Studi Kepemimpinan Wawan Yuanda di Desa Tumiyang, Kecamatan Kebasen, Kabupaten Banyumas, Provinsi Jawa Tengah)

Jurnal Ketahanan Nasional ◽

10.22146/jkn.22320 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Helmy Shoim Pramudyarto ◽

Armaidy Armawi ◽

Bagus Riyono

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Development Programs ◽

Economic Resilience ◽

Descriptive Model ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

The Village ◽

Empowerment Program

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to determined the leadership of Wawan Yuanda as a village chief in the community empowerment program through brick-making business and its implications for the the family economic resilience and to knew the obstacles faced in implementing community development programs such. This research was a descriptive model of mixed methods or mixed method using concurrent transformative strategies by collecting data at one stage / phase of the study and at the same time to got a description or picture of the social realities that existed in the community which was then used to analyzed the Village Chief of leadership in the community empowerment program and its implications on family economic resilience.The results showed that Wawan Yuanda as the village chief of Tumiyang Village had been successfully doing community empowerment program through making bricks. The success also had implications for villagers revenue thus increasing the economic resilience of the communities involved in the family business of making bricks.ABSTRAKTujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui kepemimpinan Wawan Yuanda sebagai kepala desa dalam program pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui usaha pembuatan batu bata serta implikasinya terhadap ketahanan ekonomi keluarga dan untuk mengetahui hambatan yang dihadapi dalam melaksanakan program pemberdayaan masyarakat tersebut..Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan model metode campuran atau mixed method dengan menggunakan Strategi Transformatif Konkuren dengan mengumpulkan data pada satu tahap/fase penelitian dan pada waktu yang sama untuk mendapatkan deskripsi atau gambaran dari realitas sosial yang ada di masyarakat yang kemudian untuk mengungkap tentang kepemimpinan Kepala Desa dalam program pemberdayaan masyarakat dan implikasinya terhadap ketahanan ekonomi keluarga. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Wawan Yuanda selaku Kepala Desa Tumiyang telah berhasil melakukan program pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui usaha batu bata. Keberhasilan tersebut juga berimplikasi terhadap pendapatan masyarakat sehingga meningkatkan ketahanan ekonomi keluarga masyarakat yang terlibat dalam usaha pembuatan batu bata

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Nature and extent of disciplinary practices used by school teachers

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20185197 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 140

Author(s):

Harmesh Singh Bains ◽

Manu Sharma Sareen

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Physical Punishment ◽

Stressful Events ◽

School Teachers ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Disciplinary Practices ◽

The Family ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Background: The aim of the study is to analyze the nature, extent and associated factors of disciplinary practices used by school teachers.Methods: A cross-sectional analytic study. Subjects: 165 school teachers. Methods: Teachers completed a structured questionnaire, which included nature and extent of disciplinary methods used and their views on the issue. Statistical analysis was done through Chi square test.Results: 70.9% Teachers felt that physical punishment is needed to discipline school children. 58.2% of teachers indulged in the same though of these 84.2% opinioned that it may be harmful. Methods used were: counselling followed by physical punishment 41.67 % , slapping (14.6%), angry shouting (11.5), shaking (9.4), swearing (6.2), and skin pinch (3.1). Common reasons for punishment included: telling a lie (31.3%), not good at studies (28.1%),disobeying (14.6%),tantrums (7.3%) and stealing (3.1%). Teachers disclosed that they learned it from personal experience (55.2%) and schools (29.2%).Stressful events were present in 47.3%. Physical punishment was significantly more in this category (Chi square 3.84,p 0.05). Almost 77% of teachers had received punishment during childhood. The modal age for getting last punishment was 14 years. Significantly greater number of teachers getting punishment during childhood opinioned in favor of punishing children(Chi square 5.769,p 0.016) and were also involved in this activity(Chi square 6.534,p o.o11).Conclusions: Physical punishment of school children by teachers is common. Stress in the family and punishment during childhood were significant risk factors.

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School and Home Influence on Alcohol Consumption Among School Children in Nigeria

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine ◽

10.51152/jbarbiomed.v5i1.20 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Joy-Telu Hamilton-Ekeke ◽

John Moses

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

School Children ◽

Role Models ◽

Peer Group ◽

Economic Status ◽

Interview Schedule ◽

Chi Square ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

The Family ◽

History Of

The purpose of the study is to ascertain if school variable (peer group pressure) and home variables (family history of alcohol consumption, socio-economic status of the family, attitude of parent towards alcohol drinking and cultural norms/festivity) lead to alcohol consumption among adolescents and proffer solution to the social menace of alcohol consumption among secondary school children. The study was a descriptive research design with mixed methods of data collection involving questionnaire and interview schedule. A sample of 100 students out of a population of 130 students and 180 students each of the mid-class (SS 2 and JS 2) of the senior and basic secondary schools respectively were involved in the study. Four hypotheses were posited and tested using Chi-square and statistical decisions made. The instruments for the study were questionnaire and interview schedule with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient. It was found that parents are the major source of alcohol supply for many young Nigerians and children are often first introduced to alcohol in the family - home. Parents who drink alcohol are more likely to exhibit permissiveness towards alcohol use in their adolescent children. Based on the findings from this study, it could be concluded that children aged 10-16 years in Yenagoa metropolis of Nigeria, indulged in alcohol consumption regularly and in high quantity which is not good for their health. It is necessary that parents should present themselves as suitable role models in – order to guide their children against anti-social behaviours.

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Spazio architettonico, spazio sociale e benessere familiare. Una analisi esplorativa

SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI ◽

10.3280/sp2012-003010 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 155-179

Author(s):

Vincenzo Marrone

Keyword(s):

Social Cohesion ◽

Social Relation ◽

Community Cohesion ◽

Architectural Space ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Physical Spaces ◽

Family Wellbeing

What are the roles of home and neighbourhood on the family wellbeing experience? In which extent the urban-architectural space influences the social cohesion constitution? Starting from a survey conducted in two similar planned neighbourhoods, the paper shows that the physical spaces could create most opportunity about informal exchanges, family and individual ease. In one of the two settlements is present an inhabitant organization that takes care about the collective areas. So, comparing this two neighbourhoods we can see that this organization increases the social relation opportunities within the physic space. The neighbourhood relations also change in quality, frequency and distance. The reciprocity is the principal mean about the constitution of the internal community cohesion and it also creates - in people - an openness and trust attitude that goes beyond the neighbourhood boundaries.

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Family or state responsibility? Elderly- and childcare policy preferences in Spain

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-06-2018-0086 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (11/12) ◽

pp. 1101-1115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Isabel Valarino ◽

Gerardo Meil ◽

Jesús Rogero-García

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Frail Elderly ◽

Elderly Care ◽

Well Being ◽

Policy Preferences ◽

State Responsibility ◽

Family Responsibility ◽

Content Type ◽

The Family ◽

Childcare Policy

PurposeSpain is typically considered a familialistic country where the family is the main responsible for individuals’ well-being. Recent demographic, socioeconomic and policy changes raise the question to what extent familialism is regarded as the preferred care arrangement in society or whether more state support is considered legitimate. The purpose of this paper is to analyse individual preferences among Spanish residents regarding care responsibility for pre-school children and the frail elderly, and the factors that influence such preferences.Design/methodology/approachRepresentative data from the 2012 International Social Survey Programme are used (n=1419). Six patterns of care responsibility that capture preferences regarding who, between the family or the state, should provide and pay for the care of pre-school children and the frail elderly are identified. Logistic regressions are performed on each care responsibility pattern to analyse the factors influencing individuals’ preferences.FindingsMultiple preferences coexist and state responsibility is often preferred over family responsibility, especially for elderly-care. It suggests that the tendency to rely on the family in Spain is due to insufficient support rather than to familialistic values. Individuals who usually bear most care work responsibilities, such as women and individuals in caring ages, or those with a poor health, high care load or low income consider there should be extra-family support. Individuals’ values also matter: the least religious, the most supportive of maternal employment and left-wing voters are most likely to reject traditional care arrangements.Originality/valueThis is the first study to analyse both elderly- and childcare policy preferences in one single study. It shows that childcare is more often seen as a family responsibility than elderly care.

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