Senior School Students’ Low Perfomance: Teachers’ Beliefs
Убеждения педагогов о слабоуспевающих учащихся старших классов
Tursunbayeva X.A. Tazabek S.O. Chsherbakov A.A.
2023Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
Psychological Science and Education
2023#28Issue 557 - 69 pp.
The article presents the results of a study that explores the teachers’ beliefs concerning low-performing senior schoolchildren in one of the regions of Kazakhstan. Until recently, the issue of low-achieving students was largely absent from the agenda of secondary education and has not got attention from Kazakhstani researchers. A case study methodology was applied as the principal research method, facilitating an in-depth examination of teachers’ belief systems concerning low-performing students. 22 high school and first-year college teachers participated in a qualitative study in May and June 2022. We analyzed teachers’ ideas about low-achieving students within an ecological framework using an inductive thematic analysis of individual interviews and focus group discussions. We identidied the categories of teachers’ individual, in-school and systemic beliefs. These beliefs collectively contribute to the conceptualisation of a low-performing students, their educational trajectories, and their potential for success or failure in life.
case study , ecological model , Kazakhstan , low-performing students , teachers’ beliefs
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“Orleu” National Center for Professional Development, Astana, Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Akhmet Baytursynuly “Taldau” National Centre for Research and Evaluation of Education, Astana, Kazakhstan
“Orleu” National Center for Professional Development
Nazarbayev University
Akhmet Baytursynuly “Taldau” National Centre for Research and Evaluation of Education
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