Study on the Needs of Rural Left‐behind Children for Belonging and Love in Intergenerational Education and Social Work Intervention

Sisi Zhang ； Yunpei Wei ； Liping Chen

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 7卷2期 (2024/02) Pp. 214-221

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202402_7(2).0029

摘要

With the rapid development of industrialisation and urbanisation in China, a large number of young and middle‐aged labourers in rural areas have left their hometowns to seek development in big cities, and it has become a common phenomenon for their children to be raised by their grandparents. However, due to the backward educational methods of grandparent guardians, the needs of left‐behind children for belonging and love cannot be reasonably satisfied. This study aims to explore how social work can help left‐behind children in rural areas to better satisfy their needs for belonging and love in intergenerational families. The results of the study show that in an intergenerational education environment, the belonging and love needs of rural left‐behind children are subject to a series of challenges, including the indifference of family parent‐child relationships, the existence of a large generation gap between grandparents and grandchildren, and the limitations of interpersonal interactions. Therefore, this study proposes a series of social work intervention strategies, including psychological counselling, social skills training and conducting training seminars, to provide effective support for the belonging and love needs of rural left‐behind children in intergenerational education.

關鍵字

Left‐behind children in rural areas ； Intergenerational education ； Social work ； Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory

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