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Influence Of Home Environment On Academic Achievement Among Secondary School Students
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CHAPTER ONE
Background of the Study
The academic performance of any
student cannot be separated from the home environment in which the child
lives, healthy home environment offers emotional security to a child.
Education has one of its basic task as to train young people to become
useful members of the society. This training begins at home in the
informal way. The home of the child is the first place he enters as he
is born into the world by his or her parents.Children are motivated to
work on activities and learn new information and skills when their
environments are rich in interesting activities that arouse their
curiosity and offer moderate challenges. The same can be said about home
environment , unfortunately there is much variability in motivational
influences in homes, some homes have many activities that stimulate
children thinking as well as computer, books, puzzles and parents who
may be heavily interested in their children cognitive development and
spent time with them on learning. Much of the variability in the
relation between family income and children’s intellectual development
comes from the family provision of a stimulating home environment
(Young, Linver & Brooks, 2002). Children intellectual development is
most strongly influenced by the home environment during infancy and
early childhood. When they are under the direct influence of parents. As
children mature, schools and peers also begin to play a role in their
intellectual socialization. There is much evidence supporting the
hypothesis that the quality of a child’s early learning in the home
environment relate positively to the development of intelligent and
reading skills, (Meece, 2002, Sene Chai & Lefevre 2002), and
parental involvement in schooling also predict achievement (Luckner,
Whaley & Egeland, 2004). Various homes factors have been shown to be
important, mother’s responsiveness, discipline style and involvement
with the child, organization of the environment, availability
appropriate of learning materials, opportunities for daily stimulation.
Parents, who provide a warm, responsive and supporting environment,
encourage exploration, stimulate curiosity and provide play and learning
materials accelerate their children’s intellectual development (Meece,
2006). Which on the long run increases academic performance? Within the
home environment we must examine both the roles of mothers and fathers
because differentiate parent behaviour has often been implicated as a
variable affecting children’s development. Some of the potential
parental behaviour that can influence children motivational beliefs are:
Attributions for the child’s school performance
Perception of the task difficulty of school work
Value for school work
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The principal aim of this research is to ascertain the influence of the home environment on academic achievement among secondary school students. To determine this, four research questions where formulated which comprises the questionnaire that was used to solicit factual information from students in Egor local Government area in Edo State through proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. The sample used consisted of hundred students. The data was analyzed by the use of percentages, t ... Continue reading---
