Estrategia de educación familiar para el fortalecimiento de la participación parental en la educación básica

Abstract

The purpose of the investigations focuses on designing a family education strategy to strengthen parental participation in the basic education of fifth-year students at the "Sulima García Valarezo" educational institution in the city of Machala; since the little participation of the parents, prevents the correct and necessary accompaniment to the children in the educational context. The methodology of this study responds to a qualitative approach because the way in which individuals perceive parental participation was studied, theoretical inductive-deductive, historical-logical and analytical-synthetic methods were used. A population of 39 fifth grade parallel “A” students aged between 9 and 10 years was considered, in addition to 10 classroom tutors for the evening shift and 39 parents or representatives of the students. All 39 parents were surveyed in the advance using a google forms, form to determine their leve of participations in their childrens education, which found that parents do not give due importance to school activities at school. An interview was applied to the grade tutor teachers to collect information about the object and field of study, which determined that teachers verbally motivate parents to get involved in school activities, but they do not have an action plan. Therefore, teachers is recommended to use the family education strategy based on Epstein¨s types of involvement in order to increase parental participation in school activities. This proposal was validated trough the judgment of experts, who have the relevant experience and knowledge in the research topic.