Parental Involvement at Home and School at Elementary Level: Effect of Occupation
Abstract
Parental occupations are considered to have a profound effect on the academic development of their children because the nature of occupation affects the time parents spend at work and at home and the attention they give to their children especially on their studies. This study was designed to investigate the parental involvement at home and school on the basis of their occupation. This quantitative study based on the descriptive research design. Population of the study consisted of all the students of public and private schools of Lahore city. A random sample of 300 students was selected from 6,300 schools. Self-developed and validated questionnaire Parent Involvement at Home and School (PIHAM) was used. It had two parts. The first part consisted of demographic information [students’ gender, age, and type of school (public & private), parents’ education and parental occupation] and the second part consisted of 30 items related to seven factors of parental involvement at home and school. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale was α=.86. Descriptive statistics (mean & standard deviation) and one way ANOVA were applied to analyze the data. Results of the study indicated that the involvement of parents got effected due to their occupation. Parents’ involvement with their children’s academic affairs varies according to the nature of their occupation. On the basis of results it is recommended that schools should provide guidelines to parents that how their involvement affects academic life of their children and how they can get more involved with them. Parents who cannot get time for their children they should provide such resources and materials to their children which can facilitate their learning.
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