Content Validity of a Questionnaire to Assess Parental Involvement in Education

<p style="text-align: justify;">The objective of this study was to design an instrument to evaluate parental involvement in the education of their children, and, subsequently, to investigate the content validity of that instrument. The questions on the questionnaire have been written according to the dimensions that shape the construct of parental participation: parenting, learning supervision, communication, parental networks, and relationships with the community. Further, for the study of content validity, expert judgment has been used, and the Aiken V coefficient has been estimated. The results indicate a wide degree of agreement among the judges, showing evidence of content validity regarding the criteria of clarity, relevance, and sufficiency of the questions with Aiken V values that ranged between 0.73 and 1, with confidence intervals of 99 %. It was concluded that the instrument can be used successfully in the evaluation of parental involvement in education.</p>

Exploring Parental Involvement in Education in Selected Inclusive Secondary Schools in Maseru District, Lesotho

This study investigated parental understanding of the concept “Parental Involvement in Education” of their children (PIE) in three inclusive secondary schools in the Maseru District of Lesotho. It also investigated the extent to which parents make contributions to the education of their children. The study was quantitative, exploratory in nature and used a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire to collect data. 700 parents in these schools were randomly selected to fill the questionnaires and the data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The results revealed that most parents understand PIE and its implications, but do not do much to assist teachers in schools. Mothers appeared to support the teaching of their children more than fathers. Prominent barriers in their efforts to help teachers included work-related commitments and a lower level of education. The study proposed formation of support groups involving all stakeholders for the purpose of raising awareness about PIE, educating parents about their roles in the education of their children, and improving communication among all stakeholders.

Minat Baca Siswa Ditinjau Dari Persepsi Keterlibatan Orangtua Dalam Pendidikan

Reading interest is very important to grow from an early age in elementary school because with reading interest students will get a lot of knowledge from reading. This study aimed to determine the correlations between between perceptions of parental involvement in education and students' reading interest. The research method used is a quantitative correlation approach. In this study, the researcher used some scales, namely scale of perceptions of parental involvement in education, and scale of students' interest in reading. The population of this study was all third, fourth, and fifth grade students of Triharjo State Elementary School in Sleman, with a total sample of 124 students. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a sample size of 124 students with the sample criteria, namely students in grade 3,4 and 5, male and female and live with their parents. To analyze the hypothesis the Product Moment correlation technique was used. The results of the analysis show that there is a correlation between perceptions of parents' involvement and students' reading interest with an r value of 0.697. The results of this study indicate that students' reading interest is in the medium category, it is obtained from the classification results for the medium category as much as 80.6%, and students have a high perception of parental involvement in education as much as 51.6%. Abstrak: Minat baca merupakan hal penting penting untuk di tumbuhkan sejak dini khususnya pada siswa sekolah dasar, karena dengan adanya minat baca siswa-siswi akan mendapat banyak pengetahuan dari membaca. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara persepsi keterlibatan orangtua dalam pendidikan dengan minat baca siswa. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu pendekatan kuantitatif korelasional. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan skala yaitu skala minat baca dan skala persepsi keterlibatan orangtua dalam pendidikan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas 3,4, dan 5 di SDN Triharjo Sleman. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel adalah 124 siswa dengan kriteria sampel yaitu siswa kelas 3, 4 dan 5, laki-laki dan peremuan serta tinggal bersama orangtua. Teknik analisis dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teknik korelasi product moment. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara persepsi keterlibatan orangtua dalam pendidikan dengan minat baca siswa, nilai r = 0,697. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bawa minat baca siswa berada pada kategori sedang sebanyak 80,6%, dan siswa memiliki persepsi keterlibatan orangtua dalam pendidikan yang tinggi sebanyak 51,6%.

Keterlibatan Orang Tua dalam Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini di Satuan PAUD Islam

This paper describes the parental involvement in Islamic Early Childhood Education (ECE) units. The subjects of this study were parents and teachers in two Radlatul Athfal (RA). Through observation, interviews, and documentation, it is found that there are three types of parental involvement in education i.e. direct involvement in RA, direct involvement outside RA, and involvement at home. Another form of involvement is involvement that is directly requested by RA and some that are voluntary. The driving force for parental involvement in general is a form of cooperation in advancing children’s education and maintaining optimal child development. Parental involvement strategies include school production, outing, and home visits. Regarding the parental involvement model, there are two models in RA Mathla'ul Anwar, namely the protective model and the consumer model. Meanwhile, in RA Islamiyah Talun there are five models, namely the protective, transmission, curriculum-enrichment, consumer, and partnership models.