Assessment of the quality of life for school children in context of social class reality: a descriptive study in Aydın<p>İlköğretim öğrencilerinin yaşam kalitesinin toplumsal sınıf değişkeni açısından incelenmesi: Aydın ilinde betimsel bir çalışma

Authors

  • E. Didem Evci Kiraz Adnan Menderes University
  • Ruken Akar Vural Adnan Menderes University
  • Serap Yılmaz Özelçi
  • Tolga Vural Family Health Center
  • Filiz Ergin Adnan Menderes University

Keywords:

Life Quality of Child, 4th and 5th grade of Primary School, School Health, Turkey, Çocuk Yaşam Kalitesi, İlköğretim 4. 5. Sınıf düzeyi, Okul Sağlığı, Türkiye

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine 4th and 5th grade childrens’ quality of life in terms of their social class indicators.

Child’s Quality of Life Inventory was used as a data gathering tool in this study. Data were obtained from the study was analyzed in accordance to information about schools’ social economic statues that gathered from The National Education Directorship in Aydın. Number, percentage, frequency, and chi square were used as a statistical method in present study.

The finding of the study shows that life quality of children could be mainly revealed with socio economic statues of them. Also the study reveals the most of the children from low socio economic statue are working as a child labor for contributing to the family budget. The most of the families involved in the study explained that they were willing to send their children to the school after the compulsory elementary education. Beside of this finding, some of the families in the sample % 11,9  (n=16)  stated that they were reluctant to send their children to the school after the elementary education. The finding of the study can be considered in terms of public health, school health and general well-being statue of the children in Turkey.

 

Özet

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı Aydın İlinde, ilköğretim 4. ve 5. sınıf öğrencilerinin yaşam kalitesinin sosyo-ekonomik düzey açısından incelenmesidir.

Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Çocuk Yaşam Kalitesi Tarama Envanteri” kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen veriler, Aydın İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü’nden alınan bilgiler doğrultusunda belirlenen alt, orta ve üst sosyo-ekonomik düzeylerden toplam 6 ilköğretim okulunun 4. ve 5. sınıf öğrencilerinden toplanarak bu veriler üzerinde sayı, yüzde, frekans ve ki kare analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Araştırmanın bulguları, çocuk yaşam kalitesinin büyük oranda sosyo-ekonomik düzey ile açıklanabileceğini göstermektedir. Alt sosyo ekonomik düzeyden çocuklar okul dışında gelir getirici bir iş yaparak aile bütçesine katkıda bulunmaktadırlar. Sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi ne olursa olsun ailelerin çoğunluğu çocuklarının eğitimlerine ilköğretimden sonra da devam etmelerini isterken, alt sosyo-ekonomik düzeydeki okullara devam eden öğrenci ailelerinin %11,9 (n=16)’u “çocuğunun ilköğretimden sonra eğitimine devam etmemesini istemektedir. Tüm bu bulgular, toplum sağlığı, okul sağlığı ve çocuğun genel iyi olma durumu üzerine önemli önlemleri gerekli kılmaktadır.

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Author Biographies

E. Didem Evci Kiraz, Adnan Menderes University

Emine Didem Evci Kiraz is a professor in Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health. Her primary areas of scholarship are environmental health, urban health, tourism and health, health impact assessment. She focused on innovation and was carring on a project on “Provincial Innovation Platform” of TUBITAK. She has worked in a variety of health issues in Turkey and abroad as a head of Department of Ministry of Health, member of WHO committees and an academic person. She is professional person on intersectoral collaboration and EU projects.

Ruken Akar Vural, Adnan Menderes University

Ruken AkarVural is an assistant professor in Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her primary areas of scholarship are drama in education, curriculum development and evaluation for elementary schools, and constructing democratic citizenship in schools. She focused on Dorothy Heathcote’s Mantle of the Expert (MoE) approach to teaching Turkish in primary school settings on her MA thesis and the relationships between Bertolt Brechts’ didactic plays and critical thinking dispositions in her doctorate thesis. She has worked in a variety of educational settings in Turkey and abroad. She is pursuing a number of studies in drama in education (DIE), and humanising curriculum, ability grouping, and discrimination. She has been a member of editorial board of International Creative Drama Journal in Turkey. She is also a member of National Drama, UK, and Turkish Curriculum and Instruction Association.

Serap Yılmaz Özelçi

Serap Yilmaz Ozelci obtained her Ph.D. degree from Adnan Menderes University, Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2012. Her primary areas of scholarship are critical thinking, critical thinking attitude, affects critical thinking and critical thinking attitudes in education, curriculum development and evaluation for elementary schools. She focused on cooperative learning in science and technology course in primary school on her MA thesis and the factors affecting critical thinking attitude in her doctorate thesis.

Tolga Vural, Family Health Center

Dr. Tolga Vural obtained his General Medicine degree from Cukurova University, and his DM in Family Medicine from Dokuz Eylül University in 2012. He is currently a family physician in one of the Family Health Center in Incirliova District, Aydın. He has conducted a research on Peripheral Arterial Disease and chronic diseases in primary health settings.

Filiz Ergin, Adnan Menderes University

Filiz Ergin is an associate professor in Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Public Health. Her primary areas of scholarship are child health, woman health, and epidemiology and school health. She focused on the effects of different educational methods in primary school settings and health status of school children. She has worked on three EU projects related with child and woman health.

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2013-05-09

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Evci Kiraz, E. D., Akar Vural, R., Yılmaz Özelçi, S., Vural, T., & Ergin, F. (2013). Assessment of the quality of life for school children in context of social class reality: a descriptive study in Aydın&lt;p&gt;İlköğretim öğrencilerinin yaşam kalitesinin toplumsal sınıf değişkeni açısından incelenmesi: Aydın ilinde betimsel bir çalışma. Journal of Human Sciences, 10(1), 1379–1400. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2199

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2013)

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Primary and Pre-School Education

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