Obraz szkoły w doświadczeniach malgaskich uczniów i absolwentów liceów

Kinga Lendzion

doi:10.21852/sem.1873

Published: 2025-12-19

Vol. 46 No. 2 (2025)

The Image of School in the Experiences of Malagasy Senior Secondary School Students and Graduates

Kinga Lendzion

Seminare. Learned Investigations

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1873

Abstract

In this article, the author presents the results of a qualitative study conducted among Malagasy senior secondary school students and graduates of the senior secondary school last year. The purpose of the individual in-depth interviews conducted was to reconstruct their educational history. During the analysis of the collected data using Atlas.ti software, a new theme emerged alongside the main one, namely, the image of school in the respondents’ statements. This theme was classified as a separate family of codes, within which three subgroups were distinguished: teachers, peer relationships and students. The respondents’ statements indicate that discipline plays a vital role in Malagasy schools, enabling students, in their view, to achieve educational success. The school is also an essential catalyst for social integration with peers in the surrounding area. In addition to individual successes, respondents valued the collective celebration of school events. Both final-year senior secondary school students and senior secondary school graduates expressed their disapproval of school dropouts and of teachers with low pedagogical competence.

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education system, social world of school, students, teachers, peer relationships, Madagascar

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Lendzion, K. (2025). The Image of School in the Experiences of Malagasy Senior Secondary School Students and Graduates. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 46(2). https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1873

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