Leadership Qualities among Honor Pupils their Participation in School's curricular and Co-curricular Activities with their Parents' Involvement

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Pupils should not only be active with curricular matters. They should also participate in extracurricular activities because it could help them gain experience in a variety of areas that will enhance their future. Learners who join extracurricular activities become potential leaders in school and in the communityas well. Extracurricular activities are also a good way to explore social, political, and career interests. In the school where the researcher was teaching, it was observed that pupils who were leaders were usually honor students; were active in extracurricular and curricular activities, and with parents who were equally involved both in the curricular and extracurricular and extracurricular endeavors of their children. Confronted with this scenario, the researcher decided to investigate this matter so that he is affirmed of the importance of the above-mentioned variables in the total development of the learners.

METHODS

This study utilized the descriptive-correlational method of research. Such design was used because the study wanted to determine the existing condition and the relationship among variables. In this study, the condition described was the participation in curricular and co-curricular activities, the dominant leadership qualities, and the level of parents' involvement in the education of the Grade VI pupils. The relationship that was established was that of the leadership qualities of Grade VI honor pupils and their parents' involvement in their education.

RESULTS

Of the 15 items describing the possible qualities of leadership to be practicedby the respondents as group leader or discussion leader, they strongly agreed that they should respect the views and opinions of others with the mean value of 3.68 while the rest of the items were agreed by them to be practiced regularly with the obtainedmean values ranging from 2.50 to 3.49. Of the 16 statements describing the expected involvement of parents in the education of their Grade VI honor pupils one (1) 0r 16 percent always agreed that parents should attend PTA meetings; often agreed that parent should coordinate with teachers in the academic performance of their children. Fourteen (14) or 88 percent of the items were less frequently agreed by them that parents should be involved in these situations as shown by their weighted rating between 2.50to 3.49. Parents' involvement varies across age, educational attainment, employment status, monthly income and size of the family but tend to show that they often were involved in the education of their children. The obtained "r" value to test whether leadership qualities among Grade VI honor pupils significantly influence their parents' involvement was 0.998. At 0.05 levels with df equals 59 is 0.250. The obtained 0.998 is greater than 0.250 that lead to rejecting the null hypothesis.

DISCUSSIONS

The respondent had participated in several curricular and co-curricular activities held during the year but most of them attended the activities held at school level. The respondent had varied leadership qualities in doing the duty to guide the discussion of thegroup but most of them agreed that leading a group one should respect the views and opinions of their members. Most parents regularly involved themselves in the education of their children where they often coordinate with teachers about the academic performance of their children and always attend PTA meeting in school. Parents were more frequently involved in the education of their children. Leadership qualities of honor pupils significant influenced the level of parents involvement in their education. these two variables are affecting one another.