Research Article

A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

Volume: 29 Number: 4 November 30, 2021
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A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the availability of educational services for working students. The study attempts to determine the impact of educational activities conducted in schools attended by working students on education quality, the problems and expectations of working students based on the views of the stakeholders. The participants include school administrators, teachers and parents of working students in the qualitative study. Semi-structured interview forms are employed as the data collection instrument, and the collected data are analyzed with the descriptive analysis method. The study findings demonstrated that educational activities had certain negative effects such as disinterest in schooling, academic failure, fatigue, absenteeism, and undesired behavior, as well as positive effects such as acquisition of a vocation, maturity, and protection. The stakeholders suggested issues such as negative role models, absenteeism, fatigue, early professional responsibilities, conflict, academic failure, and recommendations such as parent training, financial support, and vocational training. It was determined that these students expected financial support, parent training and planned work schedules. It could be suggested that there are various interactive dimensions of the employment of educational activities for working children, and future policies that are specific to the problem and the region could be more effective when compared to the present centralist approaches.

Keywords

Disadvantaged Groups, Working Children, education

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APA
Cülha, A., & Demirtaş, H. (2021). A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children. Kastamonu Education Journal, 29(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.886412
AMA
1.Cülha A, Demirtaş H. A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2021;29(4):1-10. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.886412
Chicago
Cülha, Ali, and Hasan Demirtaş. 2021. “A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children”. Kastamonu Education Journal 29 (4): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.886412.
EndNote
Cülha A, Demirtaş H (November 1, 2021) A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children. Kastamonu Education Journal 29 4 1–10.
IEEE
[1]A. Cülha and H. Demirtaş, “A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children”, Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1–10, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.886412.
ISNAD
Cülha, Ali - Demirtaş, Hasan. “A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children”. Kastamonu Education Journal 29/4 (November 1, 2021): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.886412.
JAMA
1.Cülha A, Demirtaş H. A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2021;29:1–10.
MLA
Cülha, Ali, and Hasan Demirtaş. “A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children”. Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-10, doi:10.24106/kefdergi.886412.
Vancouver
1.Ali Cülha, Hasan Demirtaş. A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2021 Nov. 1;29(4):1-10. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.886412