Contextual Factors in the Classroom

Background factors in the classroom are influenced by external environmental factors. These factors have a major impact on the learning process of the student, the ability of teachers to teach effectively, and the learning gap that may occur from time to time. The community where high school is located is an extremely rural community with a population low and a stable population. The total population of the community exceeded 18,000 people and increased by about 1,500 in one year.

In this article I will explain the contextual factors within the school community and the impact they have on learning and teaching processes. In this article, we will explain various factors such as the characteristics of community, school district, classroom, student. Among these factors, it explains how each person affects student learning and achievement. In addition, its impact is discussed and strategies are given to teachers to achieve student achievement, regardless of how contextual factors are combined. Many people believe that there are not many background factors in education profession. They think that the teacher teaches the class, the students listen quietly, and finish their homework. This may be a "dream" classroom, but it is far from reality. This profession has many meanings. Not only schools and school districts but also surrounding communities have many factors that influence the process of education and learning.

Classification of background factors requires research on citizen-related learning outcomes and citizen participation indicators in the context of various factors that affect them. Young people deepen their understanding of contemporary social citizenship through various activities and experiences in the context of families, schools, classrooms, and wider communities. It is therefore important to recognize that young people's knowledge, ability, tendency, and self-confidence are affected by variables that may be located at different levels of the multistage structure (Scheerens, a similar concept in 1990 See Perspective). Individual students are in the background of overlapping between school and their families. Both of these backgrounds are part of the community, which is integrated in a wider area, country, and international context. ICCS context framework distinguishes the next level.