Investigation of the Effect of Adaptation Trainings for Parents of Primary School Students on the Level of Family Participation After the Pandemic

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of the integration training given in educational institutions on the level of parent involvement of parents. 674 parents of students with primary school education in Tuzla district of Istanbul participated in the study. 327 of the parents of the students stated that they participated in the integration training, 347 of them did not. 60 male parents and 614 female parents participated in the research. 200 of the parents of the students have primary school, 124 secondary school, 209 high school, 141 have undergraduate and higher education level. The grade level of the students whose parents are students is determined as 151 1st grade, 204 2nd grade, 192 3rd grade and 127 4th grade students. “Parent Participation Scale” was used as a data collection tool in the research. In the analysis of data; frequency distributions, normality analysis, t test and ANOVA analysis were used. As a result of the research, when the effect of parent gender on the level of parent participation is examined, it is seen that women reach higher meaningful results, primary school graduates have significantly lower scores in terms of education level, and parents who participate in adaptation training have significantly higher scores than parents who do not participate in adaptation training. The findings obtained from the research were discussed and interpreted within the scope of the literature. It is seen that the integration trainings provided contribute to the family participation levels of the parents, that the families benefit from these trainings and are willing to add value to themselves in this sense. Useful results have been obtained in order to increase family participation in the post-pandemic normalization process. The planned and systematic nature of the organized training activities increases the effect of the level of benefit received. For practitioners and researchers; Suggestions such as planning studies in which fathers participate more actively in education, simple, plain and understandable educational content, and conducting similar trainings at all levels can be listed.