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The Intergalactic ZEIBI: Preventing School Absenteeism through Game Based Learning and Theatre Pedagogy in an International Comparison
Begic, Petra; Bilgin, Mustafa; Buchwald, Petra (2020)
School absence is an important issue for middle adolescents, since the loss of education can impact their social and economic future. In the countries of the European Union (EU) the prevalence rates of school absenteeism, which indicates the importance for international cooperation. However, in order to counteract school absenteeism internationally, it needs crosscultural assessment of factors causing school absenteeism. For this purpose, data from Turkey, Greece, Spain and Germany were analyzed. Consequently, eight factors related to school absenteeism were derived in an exploratory factor analysis. In a subsequent step, these factors were analyzed by a confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed correlated, but distinguishable factors. Altogether, these findings confirm and extend existing literature by using a different nationality and test battery. Based on these findings, a prevention programme, ZEIBI, is going to be conducted with a focus on the derived factors to school absenteeism and promoting an innovative game based learning approach.