Abstract
Educators have recognized the importance of school attendance to learners’ academic growth and development. School attendance is often linked to positive school performance and considered as predictor of academic success. This notion makes it imperative to examine the potential causes of absenteeism to prevent students to be at risk of habitual truancy. Hence, this survey type of research determined the causes of absenteeism of teacher education students along attitude, school, and home-related factors. Twenty-three teacher education students who were purposively chosen as respondents based on their attendance record perceived attitude-related and home-related factors as highly contributory to their absenteeism. They had considered their current program not as their field of interest nor their first choice in selecting academic programs, and were also easily affected by their parents’ quarrel. Moreover, they considered school-related factors as contributory to absenteeism as the classrooms’ ventilation appeared not conducive to learning for the respondents. An intervention program strengthening the monitoring of students’ attendance is highly recommended in this study.
Highlights
Regular class attendance has been long recognized important to students’ academic growth
This study determined the causes of absenteeism among teacher education students at Batangas State University JPLPC-Malvar, Batangas, Philippines
It is important to examine the influence of attitude-related factors on the school attendance of teacher education students
Summary
Regular class attendance has been long recognized important to students’ academic growth. Students’ presence in classroom provided numerous opportunities for task engagements and meaningful interactions that can support the enhancement of their thinking and social skills. It is in this contention that a number of educators include attendance as part requirements and often remind students on this academic policy during class orientations. Yeide and Kobrin (2009) considered this unexcused chronic absences as a potential risk for students to fail and dropout from school. This often leads to undesirable results like academic incompetency, substance addiction, and criminal activity
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