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Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition

This study aimed at finding out parents' perception of children's learning to read and write, the types of materials provided by parents that encourage literacy acquisition and the types of activities that parents are involved in promoting literacy acquisition in the home. A survey w...

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Main Author: Lorna, Lavang Dian
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009
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H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47446/1/Lorna%20Lavang%20Dian%20FT.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir-474462025-01-31T08:12:35Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47446/ Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition Lorna, Lavang Dian H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) This study aimed at finding out parents' perception of children's learning to read and write, the types of materials provided by parents that encourage literacy acquisition and the types of activities that parents are involved in promoting literacy acquisition in the home. A survey was carried out on one hundred and seventy eight parents with children enrolled in kindergarten X and kindergarten Y (pseudonyms are used to protect the identity of kindergarten and parents who participated). A questionnaire consisted of four main sections, namely, respondents' background profile, parents' perception of literacy acquisition, types of material and types of activities was employed as the method of data collection. Analysis of results revealed that parents' perceptions were consistent with their involvements in term of the types of materials and activities in encouraging literacy acquisition in the home. These findings argued for more effort of shared goals in order to build stronger school-home communication and collaboration between parents and teachers. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47446/1/Lorna%20Lavang%20Dian%20FT.pdf Lorna, Lavang Dian (2009) Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
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L Education (General)
Lorna, Lavang Dian
Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
description This study aimed at finding out parents' perception of children's learning to read and write, the types of materials provided by parents that encourage literacy acquisition and the types of activities that parents are involved in promoting literacy acquisition in the home. A survey was carried out on one hundred and seventy eight parents with children enrolled in kindergarten X and kindergarten Y (pseudonyms are used to protect the identity of kindergarten and parents who participated). A questionnaire consisted of four main sections, namely, respondents' background profile, parents' perception of literacy acquisition, types of material and types of activities was employed as the method of data collection. Analysis of results revealed that parents' perceptions were consistent with their involvements in term of the types of materials and activities in encouraging literacy acquisition in the home. These findings argued for more effort of shared goals in order to build stronger school-home communication and collaboration between parents and teachers.
format Final Year Project Report
author Lorna, Lavang Dian
author_facet Lorna, Lavang Dian
author_sort Lorna, Lavang Dian
title Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
title_short Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
title_full Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
title_fullStr Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
title_full_unstemmed Parents' Perception and Involvement in Their Children's Literacy Acquisition
title_sort parents' perception and involvement in their children's literacy acquisition
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47446/1/Lorna%20Lavang%20Dian%20FT.pdf
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