This study was under taken wi th the assumption that academic achievement of student are largely dependent upon socioeconomic status of student's parent and teacher variabl in school environment.
The data needed for this study were collected from for...
This study was under taken wi th the assumption that academic achievement of student are largely dependent upon socioeconomic status of student's parent and teacher variabl in school environment.
The data needed for this study were collected from forty-two teachers, six hundred and twenty-five student, and six hundred and twenty-five parent at fourteen primary schools locatid in Jinju city school district.
A questionnaire was developed by the present researcher to collected the data concerning the socioeconomic status of parents sad teacher variable, and a standardized test was used to collect the data concerning school achievement of students in terms of appropriate statistical treatment.
The major findings were as follows,
1. The academic achievement of students were significantly correlated
1) the education level of parents (father:r=.499; mather:r=.383);
2) the level of family income(r=.491); and the cultural facilities of home (facilities:r=.331; books:r=.431); which consisted of socioeconomic status of parents.
2. Among the variable of school environment,
1) academic achievement of students were significantly correlated with the education level of teachers thouh the correlation was low (r=.072):
2) academic achievement of students was not significantly correlated with teaching experience(r=-. 040) and teacher ability(r=-.053) with these findings, it is concluded that
1) the socioeconomic status of parents is very important fector necessary for increazing academic achievement of student. and
2) the teaching experience of teacher and his abilty with the exception of teacher's education level, do not significantly contribute to the development of academic achievement of student.