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THE INFLUENCE OF HOME
ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF A CHILD
ABSTRACT
The project work was carried out in
Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state and the ten schools were randomly
selected to look out for the influence of home environment on the academic
performance of a child. Some socio cultural problems which are likely to affect
a child’s academic performance were examined with four research questions. The
instrument used in the collection of data was the questionnaire, which were
tested statistically using sample percentage scores. The statistical analysis
is that a child whose parents are educated performed better than those whose
parents are less educated. The study also shows that learning materials
stimulate a child to learn and that a child who has cordial relationship with
his/ her parents performs better in school than those who do not. It as also
discovered that cultural factors can also influenced a child’s academic
performance for instance; a child is likely to face conflict divergent cultures
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE
STUDY
The academic performance of any child cannot be separated from the home
environment in which the child grows up. A healthy home environment offers
emotional security to a child. The schools cannot simply provide a continuation
of the home environment, but they can play an inestimable role in laying the foundation
for the child learn how to read and write, however, this influence is
characterized by various factors such as the parents home background learning
facilities, levels of parents educational attainment and other socio cultural
issues.
Over the years, the society had recorded a persisted increase in the rate of
poor performance in the various schools examinations such as the senior
secondary school examination (S.S.C.E). Comments from educators have shown that
the blame from look of performance has been as a result of neglect and carefree
attitude towards academic works by students and parents.
It is against this background that the researcher has decided to investigate on
the academic performance of a child. There are innumerable factors which affect
a child academic performance as stated above. It is obvious that a child
academic performance is directly related to his her environment as well as
learning facilities and other socio cultural issues. Every child is born with
the same intellectual ability, but a good and conducive environment with
adequate learning facilities will help to boost the intellectual and academic
capability of the child. Parents from good learning environment will always
have good attitudes towards education and provide learning materials such as
the television, instructional video tract, books and journals e.t.c that will
facilitate the learning process. These as a matter of fact can give a child an
edge over his or her counterparts in an environment with poor learning
facilities.
Educated parents will always express the belief that it is important to help a
child with his or her home work and to review the school work that the child
had done but a child from a poor home environment to a large extent is deprived
of such opportunities and thus, he or she struggles to service he teaching and
learning process. A student in this category is therefore not confident and
consisted. Hence he or she experiences how academic performance hence, the
motivation of any intelligent child towards learning is being accelerated by
the positive influence of his or her environment, while others are negatively
affected in terms of their poor home environment.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The importance of education in an individual cannot be over emphasized.
Education has a long lasting impact on one’s life. For example the acquisition
of knowledge and skills and all other things that is worthwhile, which are
transmitted to a person through formal and informal education determines his or
her potential in future.
Basically, we understand that the home is the first school for a child where he
or she is taught the basics norms and values by the parents before the child
leaves for the formal education. Contrary to popular opinion. Learning and
reading begins in school but the first foundation of the child begins in school
but the first foundation of the child begins at home. (Binkley 1998)
Base on those facts, this research has to do with asking the following
questions on why does student home environment affect student performance in
school.
- Unconducive learning environment reduces a child academic performance
- Can the attitude of illiterate parents affect the child performance
- Can the attitudes of illiterate parents of affect the child’s performance
OBJECTIVE OF THE
STUDY
The objective of this study are;
i.
To
examine the meaning of the influence of home environment on the academic
performance of pupils in primary school.
ii.
To
identify the influence of home environment on the academic performance of a
pupils in primary school.
iii.
To
proffer solution to the influence of home environment on the academic
performance of pupils in primary school.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
As regard to the purpose of this research, the following research questions
provide the focus of the study.
i)
Does
the home environment have any influence on a Childs academic performance
ii)
Do
the parents and their academic attainment have any influence on a Childs
academic performance
iii)
Do
the parents and their academic attainment have any influence on the academic
performance
iv)
Is
the academic performance of a child influence by his or her socio cultural
background?
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
Education is of immense importance to individuals and to the society at large.
Educators have greatly assumed that the home environment, to a large extent
determines the progress of an individual in learning situation. This study will
therefore highlight the significant differences in various home environments.
The study will enable educationist and curriculum planners to take full cognizance
of individual difference among children in any teaching/ learning environment
while planning. It will also help teachers to cater for the various classes of
school children in the classroom.
Also, it will enable the teacher to adopt new dimensional approaches while
teaching finally parents irrespective of their educational qualification should
encourage the child at home, and also provide the maximum stimulation at all
times.
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