scholarly journals Factors Affecting Parental Choice of Private and Public Schools in Dhading

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
Yabu Raj Subedi

This study explores the factors which attract parents to prefer public or private schools. The data were collected from six secondary schools of Dhading district. From each school, three parents were selected by using non-random sampling method. The eighteen parents were given a questionnaire. The collected questionnaire was analyzed and interpreted descriptively. A comparison of results was undertaken to explore the identified factors related to the Quality of Instruction; Class Size; Teacher-Student Relationship; Parent-School Relationship; School Facilities and Environment for learning. It was found that Class Size was the strongest factor that parents had a higher agreement on this variable. The second strong factor was favorable environment for their children and the final influencing factor of parental choice was identified as School Facilities.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Shahrokh Rahbar ◽  
Ahmad Rahbar ◽  
Siamak Mohebi ◽  
Zabihollah Gharlipour ◽  
Elnaz Ghorbani ◽  
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Author(s):  
W.M.S.WANANSINGHE

This research was conducted using a survey method with the primary objective of uncovering the factors that affect the professional satisfaction of a teacher. Seven hundred teachers from 1AB and 1C schools belonging to the Denuwara Zonal Office in the Central Province of Sri Lanka were randomly selected to collect data through questionnaire. Maslow's theory of interests was used as the theoretical basis. According to the data obtained from the questionnaires, the teacher-student relationship was the leading factor affecting the professional satisfaction of teachers; salary was presented as the second, while the leadership given by the principal was the third most important factor. It was clear from teacher feedback that internal and external supervision was not an important factor in professional satisfaction. Factors such as congestion in the classroom, shortage of teachers, available physical and human resources as well as other facilities, curriculum, parental support and community relations were revealed as unsatisfactory factors. It was also found that there is a significant difference in the analysis depending on the type of teacher response degree. Thus, it can be concluded that the teacher-student relationship and salary factors have a positive effect on the professional satisfaction of graduate teachers. Recommendations have been made to bring school alumni to school regularly and to increase teachers' salaries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Baru Peter ◽  
Zachariah Kariuki ◽  
Lucy Ndegwa ◽  
Johannes Njoka

The objective of this study was to establish the influence of teacher-student relationship on loneliness among secondary school students. The study was carried out in sub county public schools in Murang’a County, central region of Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was used. Stratified random sampling was used to get a sample of 592 participants from eight sub counties in Murang’a County. Loneliness was measured using Perth aloneness loneliness scale (PALs) while teacher-student relationship (TSR) was measured using ten statements with graded responses in a five point Likert scale developed for this study. The PAL and TSR scales together with personal data questions formed sections of self administered questionnaire. Administration of the questionnaire was done during normal school days by research assistants. The data was coded and analyzed using statistic program for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Findings were that TSR was inversely and highly significantly related to loneliness. Regression analysis revealed that TSR predicts 16.2% of loneliness among students. The results are discussed in relation to implications in teacher training curriculum and loneliness counseling in schools.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Elena VALLE ◽  
Ana Carina STELKO-PEREIRA ◽  
Evandro Morais PEIXOTO ◽  
Lucia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque WILLIAMS

Abstract The present study investigated the influence of bullying involvement and teacher-student relationship on school engagement, through the analysis of an explanatory model. For this, 426 students (from 6th to 9th grades) from four public schools located in a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, answered the Escala de Violência Escolar – Versão Estudante (School Violence Scale – Student Version), the Escala de Relação Professor-Aluno (Teacher – Student Relationship Scale) and the School Engagement Scale. Results from a Path Analysis indicated that bullying involvement has a direct negative impact on school engagement, and that teacher-student relationship has a direct positive impact on school engagement. Moreover, teacher-student relationship may mediate the negative effects of bullying on school engagement. These data confirm the importance of positive social relationships in school for student engagement. However, the proposed model explains 32% of the variance of school engagement, indicating that other variables not investigated in this study may also be relevant.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (34) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Saideh Sadat Mortazavi ◽  
Atta Heidari ◽  
Zahra Mortazavi ◽  
Maryam Seyedtabib ◽  
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Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 2665-2673
Author(s):  
Parmanand Tripathi

Every teacher must realize that he/she needs to be highly motivated, committed, passionate, and optimistic towards his/her students as well as his/her teaching in order to create a positive and productive impact on the students and their learning outcomes. It is a proven fact that teachers who are sincere, caring, approachable, supportive and inspiring can easily enable their students to become enthusiastic, successful and creative learners. John Hattie, a proponent of Evidence Based Quantitative Research Methodologies on the Influences on Student achievement, who is also a Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has noted in his study that a harmonious classroom can assist with the development of creativity as well as reduce anxiety levels amongst students. In my opinion, the primary objective of all effective and conscious teachers should be to promote a safe and healthy learning environment wherein students will feel confident, comfortable, happy and accepted. Time and again, I am convinced of the fact that only effective and conscious teachers understand, acknowledge and therefore, appreciate the significance of creating a rapport and bonding with their students for providing an education that is positive, productive and progressive. When teachers display a positive and congenial attitude towards their students, they not only make them ‘learn better, faster and deeper’ but make them self-confident and self-reliant too. Building positive, supportive, cooperative and mutually strong teacher-student relationships is the key to create a welcoming, healthy and conducive learning space in which students are enabled to thrive, prosper and go on to become what they are meant to be in life. And it is only by forging and nurturing a strong and positive relationship with their students, can teachers create a healthy and conducive learning atmosphere wherein students feel welcome, accepted, respected, loved and cared for, wherein learning becomes fun and joy. Conscious and committed teachers promote the art of positive parenting in every classroom and in every school to enable the students to become confident learners by willingly and happily shouldering the responsibility of being their ‘second parents’.When teachers teach with passion, display positive attitude towards their students and their success, and show genuine care for them, the students reciprocate with respect for their teachers, interest and love for their learning.


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