Parent Involvement in Children Learning to Academic Excellence

Abstract

This writing discusses concepts of a child’s learning towards academic excellence with the aid of parents. Parents act as partners in improving schools and ensuring quality learning outcomes of their children. During a child’s progress and process in gaining knowledge alongside with parents’ involvement, the development of the child as an individual is greatly influenced. This study aims to investigate how parents can do their part in involving with their children’s education and to have views on the effects it imposes upon the academic achievement of students. The results showcase that the model of parental involvement initiated by Joyce Epstein is a model that discusses on parents’ involvement in boosting their children's learning activities. This model can be used as a guide in planning various activities to encourage parents to be actively getting themselves engaged in children's learning activities. A variety of activities should be built to attract attention and encourage engagement of parents alongside with schools in children's learning activities in accordance with the requirements of the government which shows the importance of educating children in early age. Overall, the study found that the willingness of parents in getting involved with their children's education will drive the children to create successes in life.

Keywords

Parental Involvement, Academic Achievement, Learning Children

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.32698/GCS.0183