Paternal Involvement in Selected Schools in Bagac District, Bataan

Authors

  • Jense Gatdula

Keywords:

PUP Open University System, Master in Education Management, father’s level of involvement, types of parental involvement, and bagac fathers statements of paternal involvement

Abstract

Father involvement has become one of the most debated topics in education today. Historically, fathers have been viewed or presented in a variety of different images to describe the script that they have been fulfilling, as either normal observer or breadwinner and nurturer. An analysis of over 100 studies on the parent-child relationship, it was found out that having a loving and nurturing father was as important for a child's happiness, well-being, social and academic success as having a loving and nurturing mother. With those studies, the question now is what is the level of father's involvement in school? This study aimed to determine the level of father -respondents involvement in their children in two schools in Bagac District with a total headcount of 214 fathers. The respondents also viewed their profile, the profile of their children as well as the significant difference in respondents' level of involvement base on their profile. To acquire the data and information relating to the level of paternal involvement, a descriptive survey method was used and cast -off the Slovin's Formula to get the sample to be taken from both schools. By getting the actual respondents of Saysain and Parang Elementary school, Stratified Random Sampling was utilized. Verdicts show that the majority of the father's involvement is fallen under involved when it comes to their self-assessment in terms of communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision -making and collaborating with the community. One of the self-assessment which is not in the list is parenting, this assessment gained a total weighted mean of 3.26 and interpreted as highly involved in parenting practices. Yet more outward are the significant difference between respondents' level of involvement. In this regard, there is no significant difference between respondents' parental involvement in their age, marital status, highest educational attainment, employment, and even their monthly income. This can be impermeable that fathers in both schools in the District of Bagac are vigorously partaking in school activities. About the findings of this study, the following recommendations are forwarded that might strengthen the level of father's involvement in the schools of the District of Bagac: (1) It is recommended for the schools to create a capability-building program for all the fathers out there. Through this program, fathers will become more aware of their responsibilities in school not only as parents but also as valued stakeholders of the school. (2) The Department of Education should conduct a series of programs and doings that maintain and strengthen the level of involvement of fathers in school through seminars such as Gender and Development (GAD), Parenting or other activities, like backyard camping, sports fest, and talent search. (3) It is highly recommended by the researcher that this study must conduct in all school in the District of Bagac so that the involvement of fathers is not limited only in two school.

Published

2019-12-18