This study classified variables related to the academic achievement motivation of underprivileged children who use community children center, according to individual characteristics, family characteristics, school characteristics and the use character...
This study classified variables related to the academic achievement motivation of underprivileged children who use community children center, according to individual characteristics, family characteristics, school characteristics and the use characteristics of community children center. It aimed at investigating the differences of academic achievement motivation depending on such variables, and understanding the relation between such characteristics and academic achievement motivation.
A survey was conducted from September 10, 2007 to September 18, 2007. Questionnaires were distributed to elementary school students from 3rd to 6th grade who use community children center in Daegu Metropolitan City, and 152 copies were collected. A statistical program - SPSS WIN 12.0 was applied for collected data, and t-test, Oneway-ANOVA, Correlation Analysis were conducted.
The major results of the study are as follows.
Firstly, as the results of analyzing the differences of academic achievement motivation according to individual characteristics, it showed statistically significant differences in academic achievement motivation according to gender and a grade. Female students represented higher academic achievement motivation than male students; 4th grade students displayed higher motivation than 6th grade students did.
Secondly, as the results of analyzing the differences of academic achievement motivation according to the family characteristics of children, there are statistically significant differences in the motivation according to family economic levels, in other words, students, who feel their economic levels are high, showed higher academic achievement motivation than students feel otherwise. Other variables did not represent statistically important differences.
Thirdly, as the results of analyzing the differences of academic achievement motivation according to school characteristics, there are statistically significant differences according to academic results, support of schoolteachers and school life satisfaction. The higher academic results students achieve, the closer relationship with the teachers students have, the more students think the teachers recognize them as important people, the more students are satisfied with school life, it showed higher academic achievement motivation.
Fourthly, as the results of analyzing the differences of academic achievement motivation according to the use characteristics of community children center, no statistically significant relation was investigated regarding the use conditions of community children center. It was identified that there is a close relation between the use satisfaction of community children center and academic achievement motivation. Therefore, the higher the use satisfaction of community children center, the higher academic achievement motivation is. As the results of analyzing the relation between academic achievement motivation and satisfaction in services regarding the use of community children center, it showed higher academic achievement motivation in proportion to the higher satisfaction in services regarding academic guidance, art & physical education, computer education, counseling, commodity support, and cultural activities. In addition, the students show higher academic achievement motivation according as they have higher social support from friends and teachers in community children center.
Based on such results of the study, it can propose the following suggestions.
Firstly, in order to enhance the academic achievement motivation of underprivileged children who use community children center, practical implication should diversify and individualize services that children use in the center.
Secondly, in order for community children center to provide children with a proper environment, various programs and high quality services, political implication should expand governmental subsidies for community children center.
Lastly, as a suggestion for future studies, it is desired to study on clarifying the effect of community children center through the comparison of children who use the center with children who do not use the center. In addition, it is required to perform such study able to figure out factors that affect academic achievement motivation among the use characteristics of community children center.