The Educational Context of Adolescents in a Low-Income Urban District: A Mixed-Method Research on Family Functioning and Schooling

Authors : Nurullah ÇALIŞ, Ercüment ERBAY

Pages : 228-245

Doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1092834

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Publication Date : 2022-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :For disadvantaged communities in the society, educational and family-based problems are more likely to affect children and adolescents. In this regard, the aim of the study is to examine adolescent students’ experience in their educational life in terms of family relations and family functioning, from an ecological perspective. The study was carried out in a low-income district of Ankara. Based on the mixed-method approach, a convergent design was used. The quantitative data were collected from vocational high school students, using McMaster Family Assessment Device insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FAD);. Qualitative data were obtained from 22 students and 8 school professionals through one-on-one interviews. Findings showed that students’ perceptions of family functioning varied by mother’s employment, average grade point, attitudes towards school, educational support from family, student-family consensus on education. The qualitative findings mostly supported the quantitative findings, referring to adolescent’s low academic motivation, problematic and dysfunctional family relationships, and families` poor or superficial support for education. Based on these results, it can be asserted that proactive programs to facilitate more effective family-school relations should be implemented.
Keywords : Adolescence, Family Functioning, High School Students, Mixed Method

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