Parental involvement in the Philippines: A review of literatures

Abstract

Parental involvement refers to the amount of participation a parent has when it comes to the schooling of his/her children. Some schools foster healthy parental involvement, but sometimes parents has hesitations if they will involve themselves with their children's education. It has been advocated in Western countries. However, there is a body of literature that examines the significance of social and cultural influences and the effects of parents' involvement in and expectations of their children's development and learning. It is important for schools to recognize the existence of cultural variations in parent involvement because there are differences among parents with diverse background on when, why, and how they are involved in their children's education. Parenting is important in the Philippine society because family is viewed as a center to one's social world. But, social contexts in which Filipino families are embedded have changed rapidly over the past ten years (Ochoa & Torre, n.d.). Children's learning is increasingly moving toward a broader vision of the 21 st century learning. As children's educations increasingly occur across a range of settings, parents are uniquely positioned to help ensure that these settings best support their children's specific learning needs. Thus, parental involvement researches remain misrepresentative of parents and the involvement that they have with their children's education (Jackson, 2010). The present study is using a qualitative research design that will investigate existing literatures on parental involvement in Early Childhood Education in terms of communicating from the school, volunteering and participating in school's activities, and learning at home. The study will rely on the analysis of documents in order to gain deeper understanding about parental involvement in the Philippines and propose a School-facilitated Parental Involvement (SPIn) Framework.

Parental Involvement in the Education Development of Indigenous People in Selected Elementary Schools in the Northern Part of Mindanao, Philippines

“…Bartolome, M., Mamat N., Masnan, A.H. [23], in their study, "Parental Involvement in the Philippines", stated that parenting is important in the Philippine society because family is viewed as a center of one's social world. It is important for schools to recognize the existence of cultural variations in parents' involvement because there are differences among parents with diverse backgrounds on when, why, and how they are involved in their children's education.…”

The Best Immediate Approach for Teacher to Interact with Children in Early Childhood Education Center (ECE) in Kota Banda Aceh

“…personal issues differ from interpersonal issues. The goal of this approach is to stimulate the development of students' moral concepts and social conventions in the context of society (Bartolome, Mamat, & Masnan, 2017).). In other references it is said that childhood is an individual who experiences a very rapid process of growth and development, even said to be a leap in development.…”

Parents’ Beliefs on Philippine Educational and Curriculum Practices: What Educators Can Learn from Them

“…Similarly, parents are part of the school community whose support for school change is essential (Dodd, 1998). Parents should be important considerations as a constant and principal component of curriculum (Sad & Gurbuzturk in Bartolome, Mamat & Masnan, 2017). However, schools have neglected to tap parents' opinions and perceptions of new programs for implementation (Ornstein& Hunkins, 2009).…”

“…In the Philippines, where there is a dearth of literature on parents' educational beliefs, parents raise their children with authoritarian behavior (Alampay, cited in Bartolome, et al, 2017). They are keen on being involved in their children's education, believing that their academic involvement has a positive relationship with scholastic performance (de Guzman, et al 2008;Bartolome, Mamat & Masnan, 2017).…”

“…In the Philippines, where there is a dearth of literature on parents' educational beliefs, parents raise their children with authoritarian behavior (Alampay, cited in Bartolome, et al, 2017). They are keen on being involved in their children's education, believing that their academic involvement has a positive relationship with scholastic performance (de Guzman, et al 2008;Bartolome, Mamat & Masnan, 2017). It is for this reason that the level of involvement in their children's education is one factor that affects parents' choice of school, apart from affordability and the quality of human resources (de Guzman, et al,2008).…”