ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN IN RELATION TO ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF PARENTS
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Date
1999
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Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University
Abstract
Thetypeofenvironmentavailableathome
plays
an
importantrolein
determining
cognitive,emotional
and
socialdevelopment
of
children.
Parents
have
animportant
role
intheall-rounddevelopmentofchildren.
Parental
involvementincludes
activeparental
participationinthe
developmental
aspectsof
children.
Many
parents,
evenbeforethe
childcouldsetgoalsforthemselveshave
aspirations
towardswhich
theystarttraining theirchildthoughtheiraspirationsmayormaynotbepursuedbythechildinlater stages. Theaspirationsofparentsplayanimportant roleinthe developmentof selfConceptsofchildren(Hurlock,1981). These aspirations start right from thebirthofthe child,andkeepgrowingwiththeageofthechild. Parental aspirationslead toparentalexpectations. “Expectations are the day-to
,v
day activities required ofthe child byparents
in
orderto ful
fi ll their
aspiratiohs’f.’ Parental aspirations and expectations have an important role to play in children’s
xii achievementsandfuturesuccess. Studiesrelatedtothisdimensionarenotoftenattempted, though it is important to find their critical role played by parental aspirations and expectationsandthechild'ssuccessinacademics. Thetotalsampleofthestudycomprisedof240parentsof120childrenoffourth, sixth,eighthandtenthstandardspurposively. Alltheparentswereliterates. Theageofthe child,ordinalposition,class,genderandsyllabuswerefoundnottohaveanyinfluenceon theparentalaspirationsandexpectations, ’ Allthechildrenofthesamplehadsatisfactoryacademicperformanceandexcellent performanceinextra~curricularactivities. Significantganderdifferencewasnoticedin participation ofchildren in extra curricularactivities. Parents used acombination of methodscorrecting,givinginstructions,verbalandcorporalpunishmentstogetchildrento fulfilltheirexpectations. Arrangementslikespecialtuitions,allottingextratime,restricting otheractivitiesetc.,weremadebyparentsifthechildfailsinacademics. Democraticstyle ofparentingwasmaintainedbymostoftheparents. There was no significant difference observed between the parentalaspirations, expectationsandphysicalarrangements. Aspirationsarenegativelycorrelatedwithfamily type,size,ordinal positionand syllabus. Positivecorrelation exists with educationand occupation. Physicalarrangementsmadebythefatherarefound to belesser when the motherisolder. Thedisciplinarytechniquesincreasedwiththeageof the parents. The parentalaspirationsarecorrelatedsignificantlywiththedisciplinarytechniques. Ahigh correlationwasobservedforthephysicalandacademicarrangementsmadebytheparents. Parentalexpectationsdonotcoincidewithanyoftheparental contributing factors. Mostly theparentsexpecttheirchildrentoachievewhattheyfailedtoachieveintheirlife.
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D5818