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Dormitory management and boarding students in China's rural primary schools

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  • Ai Yue
  • Yaojiang Shi
  • Fang Chang
  • Chu Yang
  • Huan Wang
  • Hongmei YI
  • Renfu Luo
  • Chengfang Liu
  • Linxiu Zhang
  • James Yanjey Chu
  • Scott Rozelle

Abstract

Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether an in-service life teacher training program can improve boarding students’ health, behavior, and academic performance. Design/methodology/approach - – The authors conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial to measure the effect of life teacher training on student health, behavior, and academic performance among 839 boarding students in ten central primary boarding schools in Shaanxi. And the authors also tried to identify why or why not life teacher training works. Both descriptive and multivariate analysis are used in this paper. Findings - – The authors find significant improvements in health and behavior. Specifically, compared to boarding students in control schools, 15 percent fewer students in treatment schools reported feeling cold while sleeping at night. The results also showed that student tardiness and misbehaviors after class declined significantly by 18 and 78 percent, respectively. However, the in-service life teacher training program had no measurable impact on boarding students’ BMI-for-ageZ-score, number of misbehaviors in class, and academic performance. The analysis suggests that improved communication between life teachers and students might be one mechanism behind these results. Originality/value - – This is the first empirical work which explored how to improve the welfare of boarding students via their life teachers. Because of the sudden increase in boarding students in rural China, it is almost certain that school personnel lack experience in managing boarding students. As such, one promising approach to improving student outcomes might be in-service training for life teachers.

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  • Ai Yue & Yaojiang Shi & Fang Chang & Chu Yang & Huan Wang & Hongmei YI & Renfu Luo & Chengfang Liu & Linxiu Zhang & James Yanjey Chu & Scott Rozelle, 2014. "Dormitory management and boarding students in China's rural primary schools," China Agricultural Economic Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 6(3), pages 523-550, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:caerpp:v:6:y:2014:i:3:p:523-550
    DOI: 10.1108/CAER-05-2012-0048
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    Cited by:

    1. Chen, Qihui & Chen, Yu & Zhao, Qiran, 2020. "Impacts of boarding on primary school students’ mental health outcomes – Instrumental-Variable evidence from rural northwestern China," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    2. Long, Wenjin & Pang, Xiaopeng & Dong, Xiao-yuan & Zeng, Junxia, 2020. "Is rented accommodation a good choice for primary school students' academic performance? – Evidence from rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    3. Aiqin Wang & Alexis Medina & Renfu Luo & Yaojiang Shi & Ai Yue, 2016. "To Board or Not to Board: Evidence from Nutrition, Health and Education Outcomes of Students in Rural China," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 24(3), pages 52-66, May.

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