Impact of home and school environment on the educational aspiration of adolescents.
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2013
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CCSHAU
Abstract
Aspirations begin to be shaped ear ly in c hildís life, but are modif ied by exper ience and the
enviro nme nt. Aspiration means a stro ng desire to achieve something high or gre at. Academic
achievement has become an index of a childís future. Socially , the child is the product of environme nt.
two enviro nme nts home and sc hool share an inf lue ntial space in individual's life and there exists a
unique combination between the two. This pape r examine s the inf lue nce of academic achievement,
home and sc hool environme nt o n the educatio nal aspiratio n of adolescents. The study was conducted in
Hisar city of Hary ana state where two governme nt and two private (high fee structured) schools were
selected. The sample compr ised of 160 adolescents (80 girls and 80 boys) taken equally f rom each
school. Adolescents were assessed for their educational aspiratio n by educational aspiratio n scale (form
P). The results revealed that major ity of pr ivate sc hool adolescents had above average educational
aspiratio n and high academic achievement while government school adolescents had below average
aspiratio n with low academic achievement. Signif icant dif ferences were observed in educational
aspiratio n, home and sc hool enviro nme nt ac ross ty pe of school and ge nde r . Educational aspiratio n was
signif icantly associated with academic ac hievement, socio personal variables, home and school
enviro nme nt of adolescents.
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Educational Aspiration, Home environment, School environment, Academic achievement.