scholarly journals Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is There a “Girl Effect”? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Tanguy Bernard ◽  
Stefan Dercon ◽  
Kate Orkin ◽  
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Rural Ethiopia ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Children’S Education

We report on an experiment with poor rural households in Ethiopia, which aimed to boost aspirations for a better future through exposure to documentaries featuring local male and female role models. We explore effects on parents' educational aspirations and investment in children's education. At baseline, educational aspirations are high but biased against girls. At a six-month follow-up, the intervention increased parents' aspirations for their children's education and increased enrollment, time spent in school, and schooling expenditures. There was no catching up of girls relative to boys. Results are consistent with broader local social norms that value education but disfavor women.

Palm Island Women Speak Out

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Anne Keary
Keyword(s):  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Political Concern ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Political Vocabulary ◽  
High Educational

Education is a vital political concern to Aboriginal and Islander women. Despite common assumptions that Aboriginal and Islander families do not hold high expectations for their children's education, Aboriginal and Islander families do value education for their children and hold high educational aspirations for them. This general perception of Aboriginal and Islander parents' disinterest has to do with the mismatch between the education provided and the culture of their children. Palm Island women as community other - Mothers, for instance, show a deep concern about their own and their children's education. It is only by gaining a political vocabulary by which to speak that Palm Island women can begin to articulate the educational needs for their children. This voice emanates from their standpoint and speaks in their interests, and contests Anglo-Australian paternalistic models of education. This article will give voice to Palm Island women as they speak about their children's education and their own educational aspirations.

Parents’ Beliefs and Children’s Education: Experimental Evidence from Malawi

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Dizon-Ross ◽  
Yashna Nandan ◽  
Keesler Welch ◽  
Abigail Sellman
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education

scholarly journals Parents Attitude toward Education among Muslim

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Huma Hilal
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Variable ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The People ◽  
Children’S Education

Education is one of the major instruments of social change and it is the force, which brings changes in the traditional outlook of the people, and it develops insight for judging things in their context. It is assume that more the percentage of educated people more will be the rate of development.  As all we say that Education of a girl is like educating a family while educating a boy is merely educating a person. The importance of female education in a society and its spreading to all section of the life is well appreciated and documented to solve existing and emerging problems of the society. There is ample evidence that children from better educated parents more often go to school and tend to drop out less (UNESCO, 2010). Parents who have reached a certain educational level might want their children to achieve at least that level (Breen & Goldthorpe, 1997). For educational enrolment of girls, education of the mother might be especially important (Emerson & Portela Souza, 2007; Shu, 2004; Kambhampati & Pal, 2001; Fuller, Singer and Keiley, 1995). Mothers who have succeeded in completing a certain level of education have experienced its value and know that it is within the reach of girls to complete that level. The present research was aimed at assessing attitude of parents toward education among Muslim.  Sample consists of 100; in which 50 male respondents and 50 female respondents were participated in the present research. Parents’ attitude was measured through Questionnaire consisting 23 items which is developed by Patnaik & Samal (2012). The respondents were required to indicate their agreement or disagreement with each of the statements about children’s education in a four-point Likert type scale, where 1 denotes strong disagreement and 4 denotes strong agreement. Mean scores were calculated separately for male and female respondents and high socio economic status and low socio economic status samples. The t test was used to examine the significance of difference between male and female respondents as well as high socio economic status and low socio economic status with regard to their attitude towards children’s education. The findings showed that the overall attitude of the respondents was moderately favourable and positive towards education of their children. This result was discussed in the light of existing findings and with other demographic variable i.e. education of the parents, income of the parents and number of children.

scholarly journals INTER-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WOMEN'S FERTILITY, ASPIRATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND SCHOOL COMPLETION IN THE PHILIPPINES

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (06) ◽  
pp. 825-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESSICA D. GIPSON ◽  
MICHELLE J. HINDIN
Keyword(s):  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Generational Cohort ◽  
School Completion ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Generational Relationships ◽  
Children’S Education

SummaryWomen's education is associated with positive social and health outcomes for women and their families, as well as greater opportunities and decision-making power for women. An extensive literature documents ways in which broader, societal changes have facilitated roles for women beyond reproduction, yet there is minimal exploration at the family level. This study used inter-generational cohort data from the Philippines to examine mothers' aspirations for their children's education, and how these aspirations predict children's subsequent educational attainment. Mothers' education, household wealth and a locally developed measure of women's status were positively associated with higher educational aspirations for children; however, only mothers with the highest fertility were less likely to desire their children to attend college or higher. Mothers' fertility and aspirations both significantly and independently predicted children's school completion. Together, these findings indicate that increased opportunities for Filipina women beyond childbearing may not only positively benefit these women themselves, but also future generations.

scholarly journals Program SGK sebagai upaya pembentukan karakter yang kreatif dan berbudaya berbudi luhur di Kadipiro Surakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Krisdayanti Krisdayanti ◽  
Anita Trisiana
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Virtuous Character ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Central Java Province

AbstrakTujuan kegiatan yang dilakukan ini adalah untuk menumbuhkan karakter anak yang kreatif dan berbudi luhur melalui kegiatan �SGK (Sekolah Gencar Karakter)� serta memberikan wadah kepada anak-anak Kelurahan Kadipiro untuk bermain, berkarya dan belajar bersama para pendidik dan Karang Taruna setempat dalam kehidupan masyarakat sehari-hari di Desa Kadipiro, Kecamatan Banjarsari, Kabupaten Surakarta Solo, Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Metode yang sudah dilaksanakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah melalui beberapa tahap, yaitu: 1) Persiapan dan sosialisasi, 2) Realisasi program, dan 3) Evaluasi dan tindak lanjut. Hasil dari penelitian ini ialah terbentuknya anak-anak yang memiliki kreativitas, berbudi luhur serta karakter yang baik. Dengan terbentuknya anak-anak yang berkualitas di Kelurahan Kadipiro akan dapat memberikan pengaruh positif serta perubahan stigma negatif dalam pendidikan anak bagi kaum marginal di seluruh Indonesia, dan di Surakarta pada khususnya. Maka dari itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa SGK (Sekolah Gencar Karakter) Upaya Pembentukan Karakter yang Kreatif dan Berbudaya Berbudi Luhur di Kadipiro dapat terwujud nyata di lingkup masyarakat.�Kata Kunci: karakter; kreatif; budaya; Sekolah Gencar Karakter�AbstractThe purpose of this activity is to grow the character of children who are creative and virtuous through the activities of "SGK (character Gencar school)" and give the children a container Kadipiro village to play, work and learn together Teachers and the local coral Taruna in the life of daily society in Kadipiro Village, Banjarsari District, Surakarta Solo Regency, Central Java province. The method that will be done in this activity is through several stages, namely: 1) Preparation and socialization, 2) Program realization, and 3) evaluation and follow-up. The result of this study was the formation of children with creativity, nobility and good character. With the formation of quality children in Kelurahan Kadipiro will be able to give positive influence as well as changes in the negative stigma in children's education for the marginal people throughout Indonesia, and in Surakarta in particular. Therefore, it can be concluded that SGK (the school of character Gencar) efforts to build to build creative and culturally-virtuous character in Kadipiro can be realized in real society.�Keywords: Character; Creative; Culture; Sekolah Gencar Karakter

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation: The Importance of Health and Children’s Education for Slum Entrepreneurs

2020 ◽  
pp. 104225871990077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean A. Shepherd ◽  
Vinit Parida ◽  
Joakim Wincent
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Subjective Value ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

Research has focused on the role of entrepreneurial action in alleviating poverty. However, there is a gap between individuals’ short-term outcomes from entrepreneurship overcoming immediate resource concerns and the large-scale impact of entrepreneurship on institutional and system change. Therefore, in this study, we explore entrepreneurs’ beliefs about how entrepreneurial action can alleviate poverty. To do so, we conducted a qualitative study of entrepreneurs of businesses located in Indian slums and identified the impact of expectations, role models, and the subjective value of their children’s education in attempts to alleviate poverty.

scholarly journals Konsep Pendidikan Anak Perspektif Zakiah Daradjat Dan Relevansinya Dengan Tujuan Pendidikan Islam

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 301-331
Author(s):  
Nurul Hakim ◽  
Susi Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Female Figure ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Children’S Education

Child education holds a major influence on the child's future. Today, many children who are damaged morally even have many problems in the world of child education. As a result children deviate even fall into criminal acts. To foster children's education in the aspects of family, school and society it is important for educators to introduce these three aspects. In introducing these three aspects, there must have been a lot of thoughts of figures discussing children's education, one of which was Zakiah Daradjat. Zakiah Daradjat is the only thinker who instills the concept of education based on Islamic scholarship on children's education in families, schools and communities. He is a female figure in Indonesia who has put a lot of attention in various fields including education, morals, the lives of children, youth, teachers, families and schools. The results of this discussion are (1) the concept of children's education in the family aspect perspective Zakiah Daradjat includes parents to be role models for children, cultivation of soul and taqwa given to children, (2) the concept of child education in the school aspect perspective Zakiah Daradjat includes mental, moral guidance , religious education conducted intensively and talent then fosters children's intelligence, (3) relevance of the concept of child education in family aspects and school aspects of perspective Zakiah Daradjat with the aim of Islamic education in the family aspect is the experience received by children, in the aspect of school, namely intelligence, whereas in the aspect of society namely the achievement of education in a real society.

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