Participación de padres de familia en actividades escolares en niños de Educación General Básica

Abstract

This research was carried out due to the question of how necessary is the involvement of parents in the education of their children, taking into account that children need constant guardianship throughout their development. According to research, an active participation of parents can bring significant progress in academic achievement, as well as improve self-esteem and reduce school dropout in students. In our context, no studies have been carried out focused on parents and their link with school, for this reason the present research aims to describe the participation of parents in children's school activities. The study was carried out in the Bilingual Private Educational Unit, using a non-experimental quantitative approach, with a cross-section, with a sample of 186 parents representing the fifth, sixth and seventh of Basic General Education of the city of Cuenca-Ecuador. For data collection, the tool designed by Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler (2012) called “Process of participation of parents in school activities”was used. The most relevant result found is the absence of a concrete conceptualization in terms of what it means to participate, this, due to a retrograde vision in which participation is summarized to the restricted action of control of tasks from the home; in addition, there are variations due to the family structure and the habits of the home environment. There are also characteristics that influence parental participation, such as work hours, children's school level, learning difficulties, motivation and communication between parents and children