SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE

Successful school adjustment is a key factor for the developmental trajectory of children and adolescents. Today’s global society is characterized by rapid economic, social and cultural changes. Therefore, academic underachievement is a risk factor that can negatively impact the transition from chi...

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Main Authors: TUFEANU Magda, ROBU Viorel
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Language:English
Published: Free International University of Moldova 2023-11-01
Series:EcoSoEn: Ştiinţe Economice, Sociale şi Inginereşti = Economics, Social and Engineering Sciences
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description Successful school adjustment is a key factor for the developmental trajectory of children and adolescents. Today’s global society is characterized by rapid economic, social and cultural changes. Therefore, academic underachievement is a risk factor that can negatively impact the transition from childhood to adulthood. This study examines the social representation that teachers have of academic underachievement among primary school students. The participants (N = 81; average length of service = 15.4 years) completed a standardized task based on the free association technique. The universe of associations was structured using lexical-semantic analysis, as well as prototypical analysis. The results indicate a clustering of associations along two dimensions regarding the causes and consequences of academic underachievement. The findings are analyzed with reference to practical measures that can be adopted to prevent and reduce academic underachievement.
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spelling doaj-art-9a66061181c74d07b776ec74505315372025-01-13T12:19:59ZengFree International University of MoldovaEcoSoEn: Ştiinţe Economice, Sociale şi Inginereşti = Economics, Social and Engineering Sciences2587-344X2023-11-013/420237282https://doi.org/10.54481/ecosoen.2023.3.07SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVETUFEANU Magda0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6325-5855ROBU Viorel1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-6475Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi”, Iași, Romania“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, RomaniaSuccessful school adjustment is a key factor for the developmental trajectory of children and adolescents. Today’s global society is characterized by rapid economic, social and cultural changes. Therefore, academic underachievement is a risk factor that can negatively impact the transition from childhood to adulthood. This study examines the social representation that teachers have of academic underachievement among primary school students. The participants (N = 81; average length of service = 15.4 years) completed a standardized task based on the free association technique. The universe of associations was structured using lexical-semantic analysis, as well as prototypical analysis. The results indicate a clustering of associations along two dimensions regarding the causes and consequences of academic underachievement. The findings are analyzed with reference to practical measures that can be adopted to prevent and reduce academic underachievement. https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/72-82_9.pdfacademic underachievementsocial representationprimary school studentsfree associationsprototypical analysis
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SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
EcoSoEn: Ştiinţe Economice, Sociale şi Inginereşti = Economics, Social and Engineering Sciences
academic underachievement
social representation
primary school students
free associations
prototypical analysis
title SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
title_full SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
title_fullStr SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
title_full_unstemmed SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
title_short SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
title_sort social representation of academic underachievement among primary school students a teachers perspective
topic academic underachievement
social representation
primary school students
free associations
prototypical analysis
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