Keterlibatan Orang Tua Dalam Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Perspektif Orang Tua Dan Guru

Abstract

process, both at school and at home. The contribution of parents can optimize children's learning abilities and have an impact on the next stage. This study aims to determine parents' involvement in early childhood education based on the results of a perception survey related to their level of involvement in parent involvement programs in PAUD units. In addition, to determine the level of resilience of each family of learners and to find out the form of parental involvement activities implemented in several PAUD units in Banten. The approaches used were quantitative and qualitative approaches. The population in this study were parents of learners and PAUD teachers. The research sample was taken using a non-probability sample with random sampling technique, so that 152 respondents were obtained. Data collection was obtained from the distribution of instruments on the perception of family resilience level and the level of involvement in parent involvement programs in PAUD and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with teachers in schools that were used as respondents. Descriptive statistics data processing was analyzed using Microsoft Exel and based on the results of the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Descriptive statistics measured include mean and standard deviation. The results of the data analysis were categorized and the percentage was sought. For the scale of parental involvement in PAUD and family resilience of learners in PAUD units, 5 categories were made, namely very low, low, medium, high, and very high. Meanwhile, the teacher's perspective on parental involvement in children's education is made into 3 categories, namely low, medium, and high. The results of data analysis based on the identification of the level of resilience of the families of learners in the 8 PAUD institutions and the level of parental involvement in parental involvement programs organized by the 8 PAUD institutions are on average in the medium to high category. This indicates that parents of learners perceive their families to have been able to work together as a team to deal with various life difficulties quite effectively and are able to maximize the utilization of their protective factors to help overcome difficult situations or risk factors. Parents have played an adequate role in supporting and facilitating their children's lives and development.