PROJECT: A RESEARCH WORK ON
THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL ACADEMIC BACKGROUND ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN IN
SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study:
There
are various reasons to believe that parental academic background has some
influence on the performance of the children in science subjects in the
secondary schools with respect to Nsukka Local Government Area. Sociologists
believe in Social Stratification. That is, the way society is divided into
layers or social strata. The effects of this social stratification on education
form parts of the study. It is believed that uneducated parents are of low
social economic status, and may be unaware of the benefits of what parents of
high status who are identified through their educational and occupational level
enjoy. Uneducated parents are often poor and may not be able to provide certain
necessary school materials for their children. These children even lack support
and motivations at home. On the other hand, there are various contributions
educated parents make towards the academic success of their children over
science subjects in secondary schools such as, home tutorials especially on
science subjects, assess to home library, an early enrollment in school and
opportunity to attend some of the most prestigious schools. It is clear that
parental academic background promotes children’s performance in sciences and as
well provides educational life changed in children. Thus children of the middle
and upper class parents are better equipped for secondary education more
adequately than children from the lower social class structure.
In
the area of science subjects, children’s academic performance solely depends
greatly on the parental academic background with other family variables and not
on the children intellectual ability alone as assumed by many. It can be said
that the entire development of a child is determined by the environment and
heredity. Heredity is the transmission of traits from parents to offspring
through the process of reproduction which intelligence is one of the traits.
Environment on the other hand , refers to every influence with which the child
comes in contact with irrespective of the hereditary pattern the child
inherited.
Children
from educated homes are often provided with science subject’s practical
apparatus in secondary schools while children from uneducated homes are
provided with such opportunity, as a result of which their performance in
science subjects is affected. That is to say, the family background into which
a child is born is one of the major determinant factors which affect their
performance in science subjects. If some parents can provide good learning
environment and motivation for study and positive attitude towards the academic
study of their children, while other parents cannot because of their inadequacy
based on their academic background, then to what extent does this contribute to
the children’s performance is science subjects? Therefore, it is against this
background that this study set out to investigate the influence of parental
academic background on children performance in science subjects in secondary
schools in Nsukka Local Government Area.
Statement Of Problem
In
the society, there are educated parents and uneducated parents. It is clear that
members of each class will send their children to schools that will benefit
their class or level. Following the inequalities in parental academic background,
some parents can afford to buy expensive science text book and some science
experimental kits for their children while some cannot afford to buy such
materials. It is generally believed tat parental academic background may have a
powerful influence on the performance of children on science subjects in
secondary schools.
In
this research work, the researcher will look into the issue of children’s parental
academic background as it affects their performance in science subjects
The Purpose Of Study
Many
believe that children’s performance on science subjects is only based on
teacher’s capability and the school standard. The performance of children on
science subjects cannot be blamed entirely on the teacher’s capability and the
standard of the school. It may be as a result of lack of science teachers, but
parental academic background may have a big role to play. The basic objective
of this study is to investigate the influence of parental academic background
on the performance of children in the science subjects in secondary schools in Nsukka
Local Government Area of Imo State.
Significance Of The Study
This
study will benefit the school management, parents, the students and the society
at large. The school authorities will know the effect of parental academic
background on students as regards to science subjects and as a result work
towards provision of adequate science equipment in schools. At least it will
enable children of poor parents to have asses to science materials at various
secondary schools especially at rural areas. By so doing, students will benefit
from the study as they make use of the science materials if provided by the
school authorities. Parents are another set of people that the study will
benefit. In this regard, parents will see the need to encourage their children.
Scope of the Study
The
scope of the study will be Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. It is
within this local government that the researchers investigate the influence of
parental academic background on Children in science subjects in secondary
schools
Research Questions
1. What are the ways educated parents encourage their children
in science subjects?
2. Do uneducated parents encourage their children in studying
science subject?
3. What are the effects of parental academic background on the
performance of their children in science subjects in secondary schools?
CHAPTER
TWO
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