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Some variables affecting rural people's benefit from community schools in Sohag governorate
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Abstract: This research aimed at identifying the educational and societal benefit level of male and female participants in community schools, identifying the significant differences among participants in regard of educational and societal benefit from such schools, besides determining the relative contribution of most important variables that explain variance in educational and societal benefit degree from community schools, finally, identifying the most important problems facing learners and facilitators in such schools and their suggestions to overcome these problems in Sohag governorate.
Sohag governorate was chosen, as one of the large Upper Egypt governorates (Sohag – Assuit - Quena) in community schools and number of fifth-grade elementary students, with a sample size of 200 participants (100 MIF) and 50 facilitators (25 WE).
Data were collected through a personal interview questionnaire- after a pre-test, during (June-July) 2004.
The following statistical methods were used. Pearson simple correlation coefficient, T tests, STEP-WISE, frequencies and percentages.
The research results revealed the following:
•Females' educational benefit ratio from community schools was higher than males.
• Males' community benefit from these schools was higher than females.
• There was a significant difference at 0.01 among males and females in regard of educational and societal benefit.
• There were four independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in males' educational benefit from community schools which are: respondents' culture cosmapolitaness, family's monthly income, family's agriculture ownership, family's average education level.
• There were three independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in male's societal benefit from community schools which are: family's average education level, family's monthly income, family's agriculture ownership.
* There were four independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in female's educational benefit from community schools which are: interviewee's attitude towards community school, family's average education level, family's agriculture ownership, family size.
• There were three independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in females societal benefit from community schools which are: interviewee's attitude towards community school, family's agriculture ownership, family's average education level.
• The most important problems - from male's point of view, were respectively: unavailability of educational materials and facilities, participants amassment, lack of sufficient lightening in classrooms and lack of authorities follow-up to such schools. As for female point of view, these problems were respectively: unavailability of educational materials and facilities, lack of lightening in classrooms, amassment and lack of authorities' follow-up to such schools.
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| Publication year |
2004
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| Pages |
6323-6339
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| Availability location |
Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
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| Availability number |
30
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| Organization Name |
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| Country |
Egypt
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| City |
Mansoura
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Name:
Faculty of Agricultural, Mansoura University,Egypt
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| serial title |
Mansoura University Journal of Agricultural Sciences
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| ISSN |
1110-0346
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| Volume |
29
. 11
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| Department |
Rural Sociology Research Department
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| Author(s) from ARC |
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| Agris Categories |
Rural sociology and social security
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| Proposed Agrovoc |
community schools;
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| Publication Type |
Journal
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