Parental Involvement and Learning Outcome: A Perspective of Home Factor in Productive Child Education
Abstract
Survey data collected from one thousand primary school children in Calabar metropolis were analysed to determine the extent of parental involvement at home and its influence on their learning outcome. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The instrument for data collection was captioned Pupils Opinion and Achievement Test questionnaire (POATQ). Simple percentage, frequency and bar chart were used in answering the research question while the independent t-test was used in testing the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. The result obtained showed high parental involvement at home. The result also revealed that there is a significant influence of parental involvement on the learning outcome of the pupils. This implies that the high level of parental involvement led to higher achievement scores. Based on the findings it was recommended that for a sustained productive learning outcome, parents are encouraged to be actively involved in every sphere of their children’s education for all round development.References
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Izzo, C.V., Weissberg, R.P. Kasprow, W.J., & Fenderich, M. (1990). A longitudinal assessment of teacher perception of parent involvement in children’s education and school performance. American Journal of Community Psychology,27(6), 817-839.
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Nyarko, K. (2011). Parental school involvement, the case of Ghana. Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 2 (5), 378-381
Okpala, C.O; Okpala, A.O., & Smith, F.E. (2001). Parental involvement, instructional expenditures, family socio-economic attributes and student achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 95(2), 110-115.
Ryan, T. (2005). Using Information in Education .Available at: http://www.parental .//involvement/htm.
Sacker, A., Schoon, I., & Bartley, M. (2002). Social inequality in educational achievement and psychological adjustment throughout childhood: magnitude and mechanism. Social Science and Medicine, 55, 863-880.
Schickedanz, J.A. (2003). Family Socialization and Academic Achievement. Journal of Education, 1, 17-34.
Schimitt, M. & Kleine, L. (2010). The influence of family-school relations on academic success. Journal of Educational Research. 2 (1), 145-167
Schimpi-Neimanns, B. (2000). Social origins and educational participation: empirical analysis of relationship between educational inequality between 1950 and 1989. Cologne Journal of Sociology and Social Psychology, 52 (4), 636-669.
Schoon, I., & Parson, S. (2002). Competence in the face of adversity: the influence of early family environment and long-term consequences. Children & Society, 16, 260-272.
Singh, K., Bickley, P.G., Keith, T.Z., Keith, P.B., Trivette, P., & Aderson, E. (1995). The effect of four components of parental involvement on eight-grade student achievement: structural analysis of NELS-88 data. School Psychology Review, 24, 2, 299-317.
Sylva, K., Meluish, E., Sammons, P., and Siray-Blatchford, I. (1999). The effective provision of pre-school Education. (EPPE) Project: technical paper 2; characteristics of the EPPE project sample at entry to the study, London: University of London, Institute of Education.
Walberg, H.J. (1984). Families as partners in educational productivity. Phi Delta Kappan, 65, 397-400.
Walker, J.M.T, Hoover-Dempsey, K.V., Whetsel, D.R., & Green, C.L. (2004). Parental involvement in homework: A review of current research and its implication for teachers, after school programs staff and parent leaders. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.
Zellman, G.L., & Waterman, J.M. (1998). Understanding the impact of parent school involvement on childrens’ educational outcome. The Journal of Educational Research, 91(6), 370-380.
Published
2014-12-01
How to Cite
AJAKE, U E; ISANGEDIGHI, A. J.; ASUQUO, Patrick N.
Parental Involvement and Learning Outcome: A Perspective of Home Factor in Productive Child Education.
GOUNI Journal of Management and Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 27-34, dec. 2014.
ISSN 2550-7265. Available at: <http://journal.gouni.edu.ng/index.php/fmss/article/view/46>. Date accessed: 06 may 2018.
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Parents; Child; learning outcome
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