Dissertation
High school counselors' perceptions of the role extracurricular activities have on reducing truancy: a phenomenological study
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Dec 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00001927
Abstract
In urban high schools, student truancy is high and academic performance is low, which affects students' ability to participate in sports. This qualitative study aimed to provide the readers with an in-depth description and analysis of what truancy is and looks like in urban high schools, examined through the counselors' perceptions of truancy and the role extracurricular activities have on reducing truancy. The study answered the following research questions: 1. What do high school counselors perceive as challenges that impact truant students? 2. What do high school counselors perceive as the role of extracurricular activities in reducing student truancy? 3. What do high school counselors perceive as ways to promote extracurricular activities as a tool to reduce truancy? Keywords: truancy, extracurricular activities, chronic absenteeism, parental involvement
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- Title
- High school counselors' perceptions of the role extracurricular activities have on reducing truancy
- Creators
- Jennifer Calixto
- Contributors
- Janet Marie Sloand (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xii, 89 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021819115304721