ERIC Number: EJ1211149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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The Condition of Poverty: A Case Study of Low Socioeconomic Status on Chinese Students' National College Entrance Exam and College Enrolment
Liu, Dongfang; Ku, Heng-Yu; Morgan, Thomas Lee
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, v39 n1 p113-132 2019
The condition of poverty is pervasive worldwide and is multifaceted in its ability to have a deleterious generational impact. Although China has greatly reduced the proportion of people living in abject poverty over the past three decades, there are still millions of families living in extreme poverty. This study investigated the influences of families' socioeconomic status on students' educational achievement in China with regard to the National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) scores and subsequent college enrolment. We interviewed 132 recent high school graduates from schools in six urban cities from low-socio-economic status (SES) homes. The findings revealed that school climate (general school quality, student-teacher interactions, and peer pressure) and home environment (parental support, student-parent relationship, and family size) negatively impacted their educational achievement. Students were cognisant that the schools they attended did not have the same high reputation as schools attended by their more affluent peers and felt that their teachers openly discriminated against them. Additionally, their parents did not have the time or financial resources to help them advance educationally. We propose the low-SES Educational Achievement Framework to illustrate the phenomenon of environmental conditions that may influence the low-SES students' NCEE scores and ultimately result in low college enrollment rates in China.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, High School Graduates, College Entrance Examinations, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Poverty, Foreign Countries, Scores, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Urban Areas, Advantaged, Social Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, College Attendance, Family Financial Resources, Peer Influence, Family Size, Guidelines
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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