Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community
Purpose: This article studies the impact of the implementation of learning communities in a rural context of Colombia, specifically concerning the improvements related to learning and social cohesion. Design/methodology/approach: This longitudinal case study analyses the process and the impacts of...
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Bielefeld University
2020-02-01
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| author | Marta Teresa Morlà-Folch Rocío García-Carrión Rosa Valls |
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| description | Purpose: This article studies the impact of the implementation of learning communities in a rural context of Colombia, specifically concerning the improvements related to learning and social cohesion.
Design/methodology/approach: This longitudinal case study analyses the process and the impacts of the transformation of a school in 2015 and the subsequent years of 2016 and 2017. The data analysed include standardized external tests, a documentary analysis of the school and interviews with students, family members and the schoolteacher.
Findings: The results obtained indicate academic improvement within the school with results that exceed the national average of Colombia. The results also report how violence has been reduced by 80%. All of these outcomes were motivated by the participation of the community in the school.
Practical implications: The conclusions drawn are relevant as they show a success case that overcame the difficulties related to the lack of accessibility and quality of rural education in Colombia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed1faaccc0a44bf38f3058c29b345b4c2022-12-22T00:11:03ZdeuBielefeld UniversityJournal of Social Science Education1618-52932020-02-0118410.4119/jsse-3251Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning communityMartaTeresa Morlà-Folch0Rocío García-Carrión1Rosa Valls2University Rovira i VirgiliUniversity of Deusto; Ikerbasque Science Foundation.University of BarcelonaPurpose: This article studies the impact of the implementation of learning communities in a rural context of Colombia, specifically concerning the improvements related to learning and social cohesion. Design/methodology/approach: This longitudinal case study analyses the process and the impacts of the transformation of a school in 2015 and the subsequent years of 2016 and 2017. The data analysed include standardized external tests, a documentary analysis of the school and interviews with students, family members and the schoolteacher. Findings: The results obtained indicate academic improvement within the school with results that exceed the national average of Colombia. The results also report how violence has been reduced by 80%. All of these outcomes were motivated by the participation of the community in the school. Practical implications: The conclusions drawn are relevant as they show a success case that overcame the difficulties related to the lack of accessibility and quality of rural education in Colombia.https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/3251 |
| spellingShingle | Marta Teresa Morlà-Folch Rocío García-Carrión Rosa Valls Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community Journal of Social Science Education |
| title | Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community |
| title_full | Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community |
| title_fullStr | Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community |
| title_short | Transforming rural education in Colombia through family participation: the case of school as a learning community |
| title_sort | transforming rural education in colombia through family participation the case of school as a learning community |
| url | https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/3251 |
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