Comparative analysis of schooling situations using longitudinal data: improving enrollment patterns of individual children in Honduras

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-279
Author(s):  
Akemi Ashida
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Enrollment Patterns ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
School Entrance

PurposeThis longitudinal study aims to understand the circumstances of and changes in student enrollment in Honduras by comparing geographically and socioeconomically different areas and students' year of school entrance.Design/methodology/approachThe sample was made up of 4,043 students from seven primary schools in a regional city and the capital city. Students' enrollment patterns, schooling and trajectories from entrance to departure, whether as a result of graduating or dropping out, were examined.FindingsThe number of students who graduated without repetition increased, and most of the students accessed primary education at the official entrance age. However, grade repetitions and dropouts were observed in the regional city in particular, and differences were also found in the school departure age by region. In the regional city, continuation of schooling after a change in residence has become more common in recent years. Adopting an automatic promotion policy could be one strategy for reducing grade repetitions and dropouts; however, further discussion is required to prepare a remedial opportunity for students who might otherwise lack the minimum proficiency level.Originality/valueFew studies have examined changes in school enrollment in Honduras from a micro perspective. This study contributes a practical approach to exploring educational trends in the region by explaining how students reached their final grades by tracking trajectories, which has not been observed so far in terms of the accumulated average.

scholarly journals How the information use environment influences search activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Rutter ◽  
Paul David Clough ◽  
Elaine G. Toms
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Search Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The information use environment (IUE) – the context within which the search activity takes place – is critical to understanding the search process as this will affect how the value of information is determined. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors influence search in English primary schools (children aged 4–11) and how information found is subsequently used. Design/methodology/approach Ten teachers, selected using maximal variation sampling, describe search-related activities within the classroom. The resulting interview data were analysed thematically for the influence of the environment on search and different information uses. The findings were then validated against three classroom observations. Findings 12 categories of information use were identified, and 5 aspects of the environment (the national curriculum, best practice, different skills of children and teachers, keeping children safe, and limited time and resource) combine to influence and shape search in this setting. Research limitations/implications Findings support the argument that it is the IUE that is the key influence of search activity. What makes children a distinct user group is linked to the environment within which they use information rather than age, as advocated in previous studies. Practical implications The features of search systems and practical guidance for teachers and children should be designed to support information use within the IUE. Originality/value As far as the authors are aware, this is the first study to consider the influence of the IUE on how search is enacted within primary schools.

scholarly journals It’s my choice! Investigating barriers to pro-social blood donating behaviour

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Pentecost ◽  
Denni Arli ◽  
Sharyn Thiele
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
External Regulation ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations ◽  
International University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate barriers to pro-social behaviour in the form of blood donating using self-determination theory. Design/methodology/approach Respondents were recruited through intercepts at a major international university and at points within the community in a capital city in Australia. Sampling was conducted over a three-week period resulting in a sample of 617 respondents. Findings Results show intrinsic motivations positively influence intentions towards blood donation, self-identity, and locus of control. Further, despite positively influencing other factors, external regulation positively influenced amotivation indicating the more likely people feel pressured to donate blood, the less likely they will be motivated to donate blood. Originality/value This would suggest one way to influence more people to become donors is to place greater focus on the positive emotional feelings they derive from the act of donating blood and the control they have over that donation. Using external regulation strategy which often suggests people “must” or “have-to” donate blood may be limiting blood donation numbers.

The impact of religiosity on luxury brand consumption: the case of Saudi consumers

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tagreed Saleh Abalkhail
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Luxury Consumption ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Luxury Brand ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of religiosity on luxury brand consumption among Muslim women. Design/methodology/approach A total of 322 women were surveyed. Data was collected in the capital city of Saudi Arabia and assessed using SEM. Findings The findings revealed that religion impacts consumers’ attitudes towards luxury brand consumption. A positive relationship was found between attitude towards luxury and luxury consumption. Also, attitude towards luxury mediated the relation between religiosity and luxury consumption. Originality/value The study’s findings serve to remind the retailers in Islamic countries to keep in mind the importance of religion in consumers’ preferences and selections.

scholarly journals HR practice, organisational commitment & citizenship behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk Chang ◽  
Bang Nguyen ◽  
Kuo-Tai Cheng ◽  
Chien-Chih Kuo ◽  
Iling Lee
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Strategy Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Support ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hr Managers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between HR practice (four aspects), organisational commitment and citizenship behaviour at primary schools in Taiwan. The four human resource (HR) aspects include: recruitment and placement (RP), teaching, education and career (TEC) development, support, communication and retention (SCR), and performance and appraisal (PA). Design/methodology/approach With the assistance from the school HR managers and using an anti-common method variance strategy, research data from 568 incumbent teachers in Taiwan are collected, analysed and evaluated. Findings Different from prior studies, highlighting the merits of HR practice, the study discovers that HR practice may not necessarily contribute to citizenship behaviour. Teachers with positive perceptions of RP and TEC are more likely to demonstrate citizenship behaviour, whereas teachers with positive perceptions of SCR and PA are not. In addition, the study finds three moderators: affective organisational commitment (AOC), rank of positions, and campus size. The analysis shows that teachers with more AOC, higher positions and from smaller campus are more likely to demonstrate organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Originality/value The study provides a closer look at the HR-OCB relationship in Taiwan. It reveals that a positive perception of HR practice may not necessarily contribute to OCB occurrence. In addition, the results indicate that teachers have different views about varying HR aspects. Specifically, aspects of RP and TEC development receive relatively higher levels of positive perception, whereas aspects of SCR and PA receive relatively lower levels of positive perception. Questions arise as to whether HR practice may lead to more OCB at primary schools. If this statement is true, school managers shall think further of how to promote OCB using other policies, rather than relying on the HR practice investigated here.

A hierarchical definitional framework for a heterogeneous context: housing typologies in Tirana, Albania

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Manahasa ◽  
Ahsen Özsoy ◽  
Odeta Manahasa
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hierarchical Framework ◽  
Housing Form ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Form Features

PurposeThe proposed definitional framework can be used to define housing typologies of cities in developing countries. It aims to define housing typologies in the capital city of Albania, Tirana, using the proposed hierarchical framework within the dynamics of four political periods: Ottoman, establishment, socialist and postsocialist.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes a new definitional approach for the housing typologies through a hierarchical framework that defines the typologies based on their political period and legality statuses departing from the case of Tirana, which is featured by a heterogeneous context. Such context is characterized by uncontrollable urban development, making typology definition problematic. Furthermore, beyond the form, spatial and functional features, it presents their exterior distinctiveness as an innovative element. The methodology used in the study includes archival research, image documentation, spatial, functional and exterior distinctiveness analysis of housing typologies and exploration of housing form features in different political periods.FindingsThe study identifies urban formal housing typologies in Tirana detached houses, apartments, mass housing, social housing, gated communities, informal detached houses and housing with in/formal additions.Originality/valueThis definitional approach can be used to define housing typologies for cities featured by heterogeneous urban context.

Snack market on the playground: an ethnography of trade patterns of snacks among French children

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Géraldine Comoretto
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
School Food ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sweet Food ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Observation Period

Purpose – This study investigates a particular food practice which takes place in the playground at school: the afternoon snack. During this special moment, children are free to share and swap their snacks, according to their affinities. The study aims to demonstrate how this food consumption is part of the process of children's socialization. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relies on an ethnographic study of children's behaviour during snack time. Two primary schools representing two different social backgrounds are compared. Pupils are aged from six to ten years. The systematic review of children's snacks during a three-month observation period in each school allowed the author to transform the qualitative observations into quantitative data. Findings – The trading of snacks between children gives rise to entire networks, strategies of exchange and sometimes even snacks theft. The food exchanges act as an indicator of social relationships between the kids. In this regard, snack time teaches us even more about children's behavior and socialization. There are two reasons for that, the first one is that the products consumed are chosen, either by the parents or the children themselves and has nothing to do with the lunch served by the school. The second one is that it is a particularly pleasant moment for them, as it is a time for sweet food shared with their peers. Research limitations/implications – This is a limited monograph of the snacking behaviour of 20 children with the highest attendance to afterschool study. Originality/value – The originality of that study is to focus on a space-time and a school food practice that are not often investigated by researchers.

Regulatory fit/nonfit and in-game advertising effectiveness on children

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-461
Author(s):  
Haiming Hang ◽  
Cui-Lin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Brand Choice ◽  
Regulatory Fit ◽  
Advertising Effectiveness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Affect Transfer ◽  
Test Control

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to see whether children’ regulatory fit/nonfit can moderate the implicit influence of in-game advertising. Design/methodology/approach An experiment was done with 418 children (aged 7–11) from three primary schools in a middle-size city in China that voluntarily took part in the experiment. Children were randomly allocated to the following four conditions: playing a game without any brands (a control group), playing the same game and exposed to a subtle in-game advertising (a test control group), playing the same branded game with regulatory fit (regulatory fit group) and playing the same branded game with regulatory nonfit (regulatory nonfit group). Findings The results first suggest exposure to in-game advertising makes children more likely to choose it afterward, despite most of them are not aware being exposed to it. The results further suggest children’s regulatory fit does not further increase children’s choice of the focal brand, suggesting linking the focal brand to fun and engaging game experiences is sufficient to influence their brand choice. However, children’s regulatory nonfit attenuates the implicit influence of in-game advertising. Originality/value By focusing on children’s game strategy, this research complements the extant literature that only focuses on advertising features and/or game character to document the implicit influence of in-game advertising. In addition, by focusing on regulatory fit/nonfit, this paper provides initial evidence how contextual factors such as children’s game strategy may help them cope with advertising influence built on affect transfer.

Assessing measurement invariance of the CETSCALE in Guangxi, China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiang-Lin Tang ◽  
Xuelin Liu ◽  
Qi Fu
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Capital City ◽  
College Level ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Level Student

PurposeThis study sets about assessing measurement invariance of the widely used CETSCALE in the context of an economically disadvantageous inland city in China. The 10-item CETSCALE (Shimp and Sharma 1987) was administered to a college-level student sample (male = 55 and female = 198) in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AMOS v. 20 was used to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and assess measurement invariance across gender.Design/methodology/approachThis study is designed to assess measurement invariance of the 10-item CETSCALE with student sample in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi, China.FindingsThe results support full metric invariance and factor variance invariance and partial scalar invariance and measurement residual invariance for the refined 5-item CETSCALE. It is found that college students in an economically underdeveloped multi-ethnic inland city like Nanning were less consumer ethnocentric than those in the affluent coastal cities.Originality/valueThis is the first study to assess measurement invariance of the CETSCALE with student sample from an economically underdeveloped multi-ethnic inland city in China.

Fruit and vegetable playing cards

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Torkar ◽  
Miša Pintarič ◽  
Verena Koch
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Fiber ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Card Game ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Nutrition

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to measure the effectiveness of fruit and vegetable playing cards for teaching schoolchildren about fruits and vegetables, health, and nutrition.Design/methodology/approachThe participants come from two primary schools in Slovenia: 53 boys and 57 girls. Their average age is 10 (8, 11). The pre‐intervention questioning is completed two or three days before and post‐intervention questioning is completed a week after playing the card game. The participating children answer ten multiple‐choice questions and one open‐ended question. Each participant plays the game for two 45‐min lessons. The main goal of the research is to measure changes in their knowledge about fruits and vegetables, health, and nutrition.FindingsAfter the intervention more children understand why the human body needs dietary fiber, water, and vitamins. The majority of those questioned also understand why fruits and vegetables are important in nutrition. The children learn which fruits and vegetables contain the most vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, dietary fiber, and water.Originality/valueThe evaluation of the fruit and vegetable playing cards demonstrates that this game helps teach children about the nutrients in fruits and vegetables and importance of fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet.

Investigating active travel to primary school in Ireland

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Daniels ◽  
Colette Kelly ◽  
Michal Molcho ◽  
Jane Sixsmith ◽  
Molly Byrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Active Travel ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Participative Research ◽  
Participative Approach ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Active Travel To School

Purpose – Active travel to school, by walking or cycling, can positively influence children's health and increase physical activity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the context and promoters and barriers of active travel, and the required actions and actors that need to be involved to address each of these. Design/methodology/approach – Both quantitative and participative research methodologies were employed. The sample consisted of 73 children aged between 11 and 13 years from four primary schools in the West of Ireland. A self-completion questionnaire was followed by a participative protocol conducted with the class groups. Findings – Overall 30.1 per cent of children reported that they actively travelled to school. A greater proportion of children from urban and disadvantaged schools actively travelled. Proximity to the school was the most frequently reported promoter and barrier. The children identified many actors that need to be involved to eliminate the barriers and enact the promoters of active travel to school. They also highlighted the need for a multi-sectorial approach to improve active travel rates in Ireland. Originality/value – This study holds potential value in addressing the continued decline in active travel to school in Ireland as it shares a new perspective on the issue; that of the children. Adopting a participative approach allowed the children to participate in groups and develop the data themselves. The children confirmed that they have a relevant and valuable understanding of the process necessary to address active travel to school as a public health issue in Ireland.

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