doi: 10.7763/IJIET.2015.V5.472
Participation in Religious Organizations, Positive Social Capital, and Academic Success in Children
Sylvia D. Briscoe
Abstract
America’s achievement gap is an unrelenting problem. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how and why children who experience reduced social capital acquire academic success when given more opportunities to attain positive social capital. This investigation used a qualitative, explanatory, single-case study, with purposeful sampling to select the research participants. The results of the data included three major themes: Organizational Social Capital, Servant Leaders, and Positive Attitudes. The recommendations for further study include action research projects and qualitative studies to access grounded data from the standpoint of children living the phenomena and in settings other than churches.
Keywords
- Educational achievement gap
- social networks
- social capital
- social isolation
How to Cite
Sylvia D. Briscoe, "Participation in Religious Organizations, Positive Social Capital, and Academic Success in Children," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 36-41, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2015.V5.472
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Copyright © 2015 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).