Effects of family and school on academic achievement of korean high school students
Keywords:
: Korean Vocational high school, Academic achievement, Socioeconomic Status (SES), Parental involvement, Teacher ability, Teacher relationship.Abstract
This study examines the influence of family and school on vocational high school students’ academic achievement in South Korea. A nationally representative sample from the Korean Education and Employment Panel Survey (KEEP) was analyzed. Results show that variables related to parents did not influence Korean vocational high school students’ academic achievement. School facility did not have any influence on the general subject academic achievement, but it impacted the vocational subject academic achievement of Korean students. Two school related variables - teacher ability and relationship were significant for academic achievement.
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Chiu, M. M., & Khoo, L. (2005). Effects of resources, inequality, and privilege bias on achievement: Country, school, and student level analyses. American Educational Research Journal, 42(4), 575–603.
Clotfelter, C., Ladd, H., & Vigdor, J. (2007). How and why do credentials matter for student achievement (NBER, Working Paper #12828). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Coleman, J. S., Campbell, E. Q., Hobson, C. J., McPartland, J., Mood, A. M., Weindeld, F. D., & York, R. L.(1966). Equality of educational achievement. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Connell, J. P., & Wellborn, J. G. (1991). Competence, autonomy, and relatedness: A motivational analysis of self-system processes. In M. R. Gunnar & L. A. Sroufe (Eds.).Self- processes and development: The Minnesota symposia on child development, 23, 43-78. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
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DePlanty, J., Coulter-Kern, R., & Duchane, K. A., (2007). Perceptions of parent involvementin academic achievement.Journal of Educational Research, 100(6), 361-368.
Durán-Narucki, V. (2008). School building condition, school attendance, and academic achievement in New York City public schools: A mediation model. Journal of Environmental Psychology,28(3), 278–286.
Evans, G. W., Yoo, M. J., & Sipple, J. (2010). The ecological context of student achievement: School building quality effects are exacerbated by high levels of student mobility. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30(2), 239–244.
Hanushek, E. A. (1971). Teacher characteristics and gains in student achievement: Estimation using micro data. American Economic Review 61(2), 280–288.
Hanushek, E. A. (1997). Assessing the effects of school resources on student performance: An update.Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 19(2), 141–164.
Hanushek, E. A., & Rivkin, S. G.( 2010). Using value-added measures of teacher quality. American Economic Review, 100(2), 267–271.
Hooper, D., Coughlan, J., & Mullen, M. R. (2008).Structural equation modeling: guidelines for determining model fit. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods. 6(1), 53 - 60, available online at www.ejbrm.com.
Kane, T. J., Taylor, E. S., Tyler, J. H., & Wooten, A. L. (2010). Identifying effective classroom practices using student achievement data. The Journal of Human Resources, 46(3), 587-613.
Kim, H. (2007). Exploring the effects of family background, school education, and private tutoring on high school students' achievement in Korea. The Journal of Educational Administration, 25(4), 485-508. (in Korean language).
Kim, M., Lavonen, J., & Ogawa, M. (2009). Experts’ opinions on the high achievement of scientific literacy in PISA 2003: A comparative study in Finland and Korea. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 5(4), 379-393.
Kim, Y. (2004). Factors predicting Korean vocational high school teachers’ attitudes toward school change. Ph.D Dissertation of Ohio State University.
Konstantopoulos, S., & Chung, V. (2011). Teacher effects on minority and disadvantaged students’ grade 4 achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 104(2), 73–86.
Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (2000). Future policy measures to improve vocational high school education in Korea. Seoul.
Kuczera, M., Kis, V., & Wurzburg, G. (2009). Learning for jobs OECD reviews of vocational education and training; Korea. OECD.
Kwak, S. (2006). Determinants of academic achievement on academic high school students. Korean Journal of Sociology of Education,16(2), 1-29. (in Korean language).
Mueller, C. W. & Parcel, T. L. (1981).Measures of socioeconomic status: alternatives and recommendations. Child Development, 52(1), 13-30.
Milanowski, A. (2004). The relationship between teacher performance evaluation scores and student achievement: Evidence from Cincinnati. Peabody Journal of Education, 79(4), 33–53.
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology & Korean Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (2011).Current state of vocational high schools. (in Korean language)
Murnane, R. J., & Phillips, B. R. (1981). What do effective teachers of inner-city children have in common? Social Science Research, 10(1), 83–100.
Ning H.K., & Downing, Kevin (2010).Connections between learning experience, study behaviour and academicperformance: A longitudinal study. Educational Research, 52(4), 457–468.
Nye, B., Konstantopoulos, S., & Hedges, L. V. (2004). How large are teacher effects? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26(3), 237–257.
O’Connor, E., & McCartney, K. (2007). Examining teacher-child relationships and achievement as part of an ecological model of development. American Educational Research Journal, 44(2), 340–369.
Park, D., Jung, C., & Kim, J. (2009). The Method to Improve the Basic Learning Ability of Vocational High School Students. Korean Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET).
Park, S., Byun, S., & Kim, K. (2011). Parental involvement and students’ cognitive outcomes in Korea: Focusing on private tutoring. Sociology of Education, 84(1), 3–22.
Parker, J. G., & Asher, S. R. (1987). Peer relations and later personal adjustment: Are low-accepted children at risk? Psychological Bulletin, 102(3), 357-389.
Pintrich, P.R., & D.H. Schunk. (2002). Motivation in education: Theory, research, and applications (2nd ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.
Pucel, D. J. (2001). Beyond vocational education: Career majors, tech-prep, schools within schools, magnet schools & academies. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Roorda, D. L., Koomen, H. M. Y., Spilt, J. L., & Oort, F. J. (2011). The influence of affective teacher student relationships on students' school engagement and achievement: A meta-analytic approach.Review of Educational Research, 81(4), 493-529.
Seoul Metropolitan Government (2009). 2008 Seoul Survey(in Korean). Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Parents’ social networks and beliefs as predictors of parent involvement. Elementary School Journal, 102(4), 301–316.
Skinner, E. A., & Belmont, M. J. (1993). Motivation in the classroom: Reciprocal effects of teacher behavior and student engagement across the school year. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85(4), 571–581.
Skinner, E. A., Wellborn, J. G., & Connell, J. P. (1990). What it takes to do well in school and whether I’ve got it: A process model of perceived control and children’s engagement and achievement in school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(1), 22–32.
Yim, I. (2010). ‘Monthly payment for private tutoring per household in Seoul, 580,000 Won. (in Korean) Seoul Daily, March 9, p. 5.
Wentzel, K. R. (1998). Social relationships and motivation in middle school: The role of parents, teachers, and peers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(2), 202–209.
Wei, Y., Clifton, R. A., & Roberts, L. W. (2012). School resources and the academic achievement of Canadian students. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 57(4), 460-478.
Woolley, Michael E., Kol, Kelli L., & Bowen, Gary L. (2009). The social context of school success for Latino middle school students: Direct and indirect influences of teachers, family, and friends. Journal of Early Adolescence, 29(1), 43-70.
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Effects of family and school on academic achievement of korean high school students. (2014). Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2(2), 5-19. https://ojed.org/jise/article/view/1480
