Open AccessA Narrative Study of Factors Influencing Students’ Academic Achievement: Views of Parents, Teachers and Union Leaders
Author(s) -
Mehmet Karakaş
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2020.3672
Subject(s) - narrative , face (sociological concept) , narrative inquiry , psychology , pedagogy , qualitative research , sociology , mathematics education , social science , philosophy , linguistics
This paper reports on private school teachers, parents, and teacher union leaders’ experiences with middle and high schools in a small city in northeastern Turkey to identify the problems in education and study them to develop some solutions for them. This narrative study was carried out in the Spring semester of 2012 by conducting face-to-face individual in-depth interviews with 47 participants. Personal narratives were analyzed by developing themes. Findings reveal that the success and lack of it in education arises from the upper level management style, from uninterested parents, and the geographical conditions and location of the city create big problems. Also, parents’ cultural background is more significant than their economic background.