Practical Educational Approach to School Absenteeism : Considering What Support Teachers Should Provide to Short-Term Absentee Students

Research on school absenteeism is at a major period of transition. In the past, absenteeism had been about refusal to go to school, typified by the determination to not attend school due to desire to avoid the school or teachers. However, absenteeism in recent years has become less about such clear determinations from students, and the focus now must be placed on the discomfort students feel about somehow being left out from the group, and on short-term absentee students who skip school for 30 days or less at a time, and are not included in statistical data. Teachers should take two types of approaches to supporting students who display this pattern of absenteeism. The first is learning support triggered by their absence from school, while the second is support for the households of those children. Teachers must equip students with the ability to build personal relationships with these two types of support in mind.absenteeismshort-term absenteeismsocial capitallearning supporthousehold suppor