Abstract
Many countries face serious challenges with education in rural areas. Vast majority of education in rural areas are disadvantaged. In Kazakhstan, inef-fective outcomes of education in rural areas impact on most rural students are lack employability and entrepreneurial skills. This research investigates the role of intensive summer programmes on improving students’ learning outcomes aim to develop and Inspire employability and entrepreneurial skills and STEAM-education in rural schools of Kazakhstan. This research suggest that the summer program transferred practical skills and knowledge to stu-dents, while increasing their motivation to learn outside of the classroom in a way that traditional educational system has not. There are social and eco-nomic challenges in the rural areas: unemployment, the lack of highly skilled professionals, and low motivation. Summer programs appear to ad-dress all above issues by motivating youth to learn and providing them with practical skills that can be used in their private life and careers.
Highlights
It is an ongoing question if summer school is a perfect time to catch up with complex topics and promote education in an informal environment
Rural school at Rodina was the first to introduce the concept of summer schools in Kazakhstan and this study represents the first opportunity for readers of management in education journals to learn about the results of such concept in Kazakhstan
The following research questions are addressed in the paper: How effective summer learning programmes on improving students’ skills? What are the main elements of the summer programmes? What is the impact of the summer schools on student learning outcomes? What are the main enablers and challenges of summer learning programmes implementation?
Summary
It is an ongoing question if summer school is a perfect time to catch up with complex topics and promote education in an informal environment. Numerous studies discussed the beneficial effects of various summer programmes leading to more meaningful and coherent learning, increased creativity, critical thinking and motivation [1, 2, 3]. The project team conducts a study to estimate the effectiveness of summer programmes. The purpose of the study is to examine the results of a one-week summer program in the rural school that has been conducted during a 4-year period. Rural school at Rodina was the first to introduce the concept of summer schools in Kazakhstan and this study represents the first opportunity for readers of management in education journals to learn about the results of such concept in Kazakhstan. Many researchers attempts to analyse the rural education though distance learning, out-of-school learning groups, studies on effectiveness of intervention schools and rural development through rural education [4, 5, 6, 7]
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