The hopes carry them on : early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu China.
Abstract
It is commonly held in the education literature that parents바카라 사이트™ and children바카라 사이트™s educational expectations are important factors in predicting children's educational achievement and attainment. However, very little is known about the significance of parents바카라 사이트™ and children바카라 사이트™s early expectations in developing country settings. This study employs a case study of children in 100 rural villages in a poor province in Northwest China to explore the impact of parents바카라 사이트™ and children바카라 사이트™s early expectations on children바카라 사이트™s later school persistence and completion of compulsory and secondary education. The author pays special attention to the agreement and disagreement in early educational expectations between parents and children. Results from analyses of longitudinal data from the Gansu Survey of Children and Families (GSCF) from 2000 to 2009 reveal two main results. First, parents바카라 사이트™ and children바카라 사이트™s early expectations are strong predictors of children's chances of staying in school, completing compulsory education and completing secondary education. Second, there are substantial discrepancies in expectations between parents and children in many families, but children whose high expectations aligned with their parents바카라 사이트™ fared best in later educational outcomes. This positive impact held even for children from the most impoverished families. Results also show that parents바카라 사이트™ expectations are tied to the local village cultural environment.
Citation
Zhang, Y. The hopes carry them on : early educational expectations and later educational outcomes in rural Gansu China. Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., USA (2012) 27 pp. [Gansu survey of children and families paper]