scholarly journals Influence of Parental Involvement on Learning Outcomes at Public Early Childhood Centres in Nairobi City County, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Orpha Nyakundi ◽  
Grace Nyagah ◽  
Jeremiah Kalai ◽  
Simon Munayi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
County Government ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Involved Parents ◽  
Children's Learning

Purpose: Parental support is essential in achieving pupils’ learning outcomes. The purpose of this article is to discuss how parental involvement in pupils’ learning programmes influences pupils’ learning outcomes. The study was conducted in public Early Childhood centres in Nairobi City County, Kenya, to investigate the influence of parental involvement in pupils’ learning programmes on children’s learning outcomes. The problem is that, despite that parents have a responsibility and an influence in the education of their children, not all parents are involved in the learning programmes at the early childhood centres. The objectives of the study were to assess the extent of parental involvement in pupils’ learning programmes and to determine the influence of parental involvement in children’s learning programmes on learning outcomes.Methodology: The study employed descriptive survey targeting the 21 public stand-alone early childhood education centres, 2243 children aged 3-5 years, 21 head teachers and all teachers at the learning centres. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected by using structured interview schedules for head teachers, closed questionnaires for teachers and document analysis guide to process pupils’ learning outcomes (performance).  Records of Pupils of PP1 and PP2 levels from each centre were simple randomly sampled for review. By purposive sampling, 48 teachers were sampled, at least one teacher for each of the levels from the 21 institutions. The study employed, means, percentages and the coefficients in the analysis of the data.Findings: The study revealed that 38.1 percent of the learning centres had parents who gave less than 50 percent of the expected support and that centres that involved parents in the learning programmes had higher learning outcomes. The conclusion is that parental involvement in the education of their children leads to high learning outcomes.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that The County Government should develop and implement a policy to support establishment and enforcement of a framework through which parents can work in partnership with the teachers at the learning centres. There is need for government instituted structures for sensitization of the parents on their role in the education of their children.

scholarly journals Advices for Involving Parents in Children’s Learning Activities from School to Home

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1073-1082
Author(s):  
Alfiana Falan Syarri Auliya ◽  
Pujiyanti Fauziah
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Children's Learning

 Parental involvement in children’s learning activities is important for the optimal of their growth and development. The aims of writing this article is to provide advices that can be applied in early childhood education institutions in terms of involving parents in children's learning activities at home. This article used the literature review method by reviewing recent literature such as books and research journals that provide an explanation of the topic of parental involvement in children's learning. In this research, several topics related to parental involvement are explained, including factors that influence and the type of parental involvement, forms of parental involvement in children's learning and advices for involving parents in children's learning activities. In short, this article is expected to help educators find strategies for involving parents to continue children's learning activities from school to home. Then, it is recommended for educators to use the results of this study, which is advices for involving parent in children's learning activities. Every parent must accompany the child's learning activities so that learning activities run effectively and can optimize the child's growth and development.

scholarly journals Manifestation of parental support for primary form students learning at home

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Monika Zilinskyte ◽  
Ausra Kazlauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Parent Support ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Learning At Home ◽  
Supportive Practice ◽  
Primary Form ◽  
Children's Learning ◽  
At Home

The research deals with the parental support for primary form student learning at home. The following problem questions were raised: what are the types of parental involvement in children’s learning and how does parental support manifest in practice of children learning at home. The problem is also relevant because the primary form students’ age is the time when parent support has the highest value and creates conditions for comprehensive personality growth: academic skills, children’s future prospects, mental health and formation of social relationships. By applying the data collection method of in-depth interview, the conditions to understand what types of parental involvement in children’s learning manifest while providing learning support at home have been created. The method of content analysis helped to reveal the following types of parental involvement in children’s learning: control and autonomy supportive practice. Expression of the said roles manifested during the following parents’ initiatives/ actions: collaboration, motivation, intrusion of rules, instructions of parents, preaching, continuous observation.

scholarly journals KETERLIBATAN ORANG TUA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN ANAK USIA DINI SELAMA BELAJAR DARI RUMAH DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Jane Gresia Akollo ◽  
Meike Elsa Toisuta
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Early Childhood Learning ◽  
Children's Learning ◽  
At Home

AbstrackIn children learning process that is conducted from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, parents must function as “teachers”.  As the 'teachers', parents must prepare themselves, starting from reading books, participating in webinars, following learning videos or videos of children's creativity activities in order to nourish their intellectuals with various information and knowledge.  This study employs a qualitative approach with a case study method on 10 parents (father or mother) who had early childhood (5-6 years) at PAUD Rafflesia Arnolis, Kayu Tiga, Soya Village Ambon City. The data were obtained through interviews and documentation. The result of this study reveal some foms of parental involvement namely there is a communication between parents and teacher, accompany and help children learn as well as privide learning facilities. In addition, there are several positive things created between parents and children, such as the closeness of parents and children, parents can follow and know about children's learning development and parents are enriched intellectually and creatively while being 'teachers' for children at home. The benefit of the research is that the parents realize how important it is for them to be involved in their childrens' learning process and recognize the forms of involvement. Thus, parents can improve the quality and intensity of their children's learning involvement at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.Keywords: parental involvement, early childhood, learning from home

Household's use of cooking gas and Children's learning outcomes in rural Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 105617
Author(s):  
Raymond Boadi Frempong ◽  
Emmanuel Orkoh ◽  
Raymond Elikplim Kofinti
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Rural Ghana ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Children's Learning

scholarly journals Pengaruh Perhatian Orang Tua terhadap Hasil Belajar PAI Siswa Kelas VII:

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Arman Paramansyah ◽  
Ade Irvi Nurul Husna ◽  
Ernawati Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Children's Learning

This research was conducted to answer the problem, first, how is the level of parental attention to learning outcomes. second, how are the student learning outcomes in Islamic Education subjects, research uses descriptive quantitative, namely the method used to research on certain populations and samples, data collection uses research instruments, data analysis is quantitative / statistical, with the aim of testing predetermined hypotheses. The results of the analysis on parental attention to learning outcomes, it can be concluded that parental attention has a positive and significant effect on learning outcomes, amounting to 0.507. And learning outcomes are perceived as Good (B) with an average value of 4.02. The most dominant indicator of learning outcomes is (Report) with an average value of 4.14, which means that there is a positive and significant influence between parents' attention to learning outcomes. Based on these findings, it is suggested that schools pay more attention to parents by always paying attention to their parents. socializing to urge parents to be able to continue and increase their attention to children's learning activities, both in terms of providing guidance, advice, encouragement, supervision, and equipment for children's learning facilities, as well as fostering a harmonious relationship with their children, so that children will be motivated and able to improve learning outcomes  

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