An Analysis of Parents' Lack of Participation in School Activities

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parents' involvement in a child's education is consistently found to have a positive association with a child's academic performance. However, there has been a little investigation of the mechanisms that explain this association. The present study examines two potential mechanisms of this association: the child's perception of cognitive competence and the quality of the student-teacher relationship. A multiple mediation model indicated that a child's perception of cognitive competence fully mediated the relation between parent involvement and the child's performance on a standardized achievement test. The quality of the student-teacher relationship fully mediated the relation between the parent’s involvement and the teacher ratings of the child's classroom academic performance.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used with questionnaires as the main instrument for gathering the needed data. On the other hand, frequency and percentage were used in data analysis.

RESULTS

Respondents stated that their main reason for not attending school activities is because they are busy with work. They also said that for parents to attend school activities, continuous motivation must be given. Respondents believed that their children will develop a lack of interest in studying if they do not attend school activities. Meanwhile, half of the respondents agreed that a harmonious relationship between them and the teachers will develop if the former will participate in school activities. On the other hand, majority of the respondents agreed that their lack of participation in school activities will lead to their children's' poor academic performance.

DISCUSSIONS

This study is about the effects of the parent's non-involvement in school activities with the academic performance of the learners and the strategies that must be used to motivate and make parents attend school activities.

The objective of this study is to identify the reasons why parents do not attend school activities and its impact to their children. The descriptive method was used to clearly show the reasons why parents lack participation in school activities.