Impacts of South Asian's culture, income, education and expectations on parental involvement in children's academic achievement

IF 1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Shahid Rasool, Hasan Aydin, Jingshun Zhang
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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this quantitative study was to fill the knowledge gap and to investigate relationships between cultural background and various demographic factors influencing parental involvement behaviors that prompt them to engage in their children's academic activities.

Design/methodology/approach

A quantitative research method was used to collect data to answer research questions and explore relationships between variables (Fraenkel et al., 2015). The researchers created the survey on Qualtrics and conducted a pilot study to improve the survey based on the recommendations of the pilot study's participants. Some items were reworded suggested by an expert committee to finalize the instrument. This survey mainly consisted of two sections to collect data on participants' demographics and cultural background. The participants used multiple-choice options to answer items pertaining to family demographics. They were asked to use a 5-point Likert scale: very often = 5, often = 4, sometimes = 3, rarely = 2 and never = 1 to respond to survey items regarding cultural background and parental involvement behaviors.

Findings

The correlation coefficient showed a statistically significant relationship between parents' expectations, educational level and their involvement behaviors in children's academic achievement. However, parents' income and cultural background had no statistically significant relationships with parental involvement in their children's academic achievement.

Research limitations/implications

The results of this study have potentially broad implications for educational leaders, policymakers, educators and parents to develop policies for diverse students to enhance their educational achievements.

Originality/value

The researchers reviewed extensive literature and found the gap in regional studies particularly related to one of the fastest-growing, financially stable and highly educated ethnic groups in the country. The researchers developed a brand new instrument on Qualtrics and distributed a survey via online and direct administration to collect primary data from 200 participants.

南亚文化、收入、教育和期望对父母参与子女学业成绩的影响
目的 本定量研究旨在填补知识空白,调查文化背景与影响家长参与行为的各种人口学因素之间的关系,这些因素促使家长参与子女的学术活动。设计/方法/途径 采用定量研究方法收集数据,回答研究问题,探索变量之间的关系(Fraenkel et al.)研究人员在 Qualtrics 上创建了调查问卷,并根据试点研究参与者的建议进行了试点研究,以改进调查问卷。在专家委员会的建议下,对部分项目进行了重新措辞,最终确定了调查工具。该调查主要包括两个部分,分别收集参与者的人口统计数据和文化背景数据。参与者在回答有关家庭人口统计的项目时使用了多项选择题。在回答有关文化背景和父母参与行为的调查项目时,他们被要求使用五点李克特量表:非常经常=5,经常=4,有时=3,很少=2,从不=1。 相关系数显示,父母的期望、教育水平和他们在子女学业成绩方面的参与行为之间存在统计学意义上的显著关系。研究局限性/影响 本研究的结果对教育领导者、政策制定者、教育工作者和家长制定针对不同学生的政策以提高他们的教育成就具有潜在的广泛影响。研究人员查阅了大量文献,发现地区性研究存在空白,尤其是针对全国增长最快、经济稳定和受教育程度较高的族裔群体的研究。研究人员在 Qualtrics 上开发了一种全新的工具,并通过在线和直接管理分发了一份调查问卷,以收集 200 名参与者的原始数据。
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