Parental Roles Relative to Child Educational Development in the Elementary Schools in the District of Cuenca: Its Implications to Classroom Instruction

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This is a study on the parental roles relative to a child’s educational development for the purpose of monitoring how parents play their roles in the education of their children.

METHODS

To attain the purpose of this study, the researcher used the descriptive method of research. According to Garcia (2003), descriptive research endeavors to describe systematically, functionally, accurately, and objectively a situation, problem, or phenomena. The respondents of the study were parents from the Elementary Schools in the District of Cuenca, Cuenca, Batangas. Population sampling was used for the study.

RESULTS

The perception made by the respondents differed significantly with the different activities and roles of parents at home. It could be attributed to the fact that the groups of respondents may have followed two standards of rating. Parents have different views with regards to the activities they are doing with their children.

DISCUSSIONS

The results revealed that the parents' roles versus the child's educational development obtained a computed P value of .234, which is less than the tabular value at .05 levels of significance, thus rejecting the null hypothesis; which means there is no significant relationship on the variables. Furthermore, the computed t value of .290, which is less than the tabular value at .05 levels, indicated the rejection of the null hypothesis; this means that there is a significant relationship between the extent of the parents' roles and a child's educational development.