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Parents as Kindergarten Teachers: The Journey to Becoming

Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The crisis has affected the education system all over the globe. Young learners were prohibited to socialize with peers and teachers which are vital to their development. Distance learning was enforced. The study was created to explore effective home-parental teaching strategies that have an impact on a child’s achievements amidst pandemic. Additionally, parents’ struggles encountered and teachers' perspective on how parents or guardians took the role as a Kindergarten teacher at home. Researchers' goal was to uncover the truth where parents are the light and hope in a child's education in the middle of this crisis, parent-child relationship at home. A qualitative method was used by the researchers in data gathering; instruments consisted of checklists, questionnaires, and interview questions for the parents and educators. Results revealed that teachers’ emphasized parental involvement contributes a huge factor and a difference to the learners learning especially during these crucial times. Conducive home learning environment allows learners to have meaningful learning experiences. Furthermore, the use of rewards is considered the most effective home-teaching strategy by the parents/guardians before or after doing the task. Ergo, reward is a form of motivation that leads the child to cooperate to achieve a goal which results in the most effective home-teaching strategy.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3203548137
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