标题：The Impact of Parent’s Socioeconomic Status on Parental Involvement at Home: A Case Study on High Achievement Indian Students of a Tamil School in Malaysia
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：8
页码：11-24
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The current study focuses on the impact of parent's socioeconomic status on parental involvement in their child's education at home. Forty Indian students studying in one the best performance- based National Type Tamil Schools in the state of Kedah, Malaysia were chosen based on purposive sampling. The sample comprised 10 students from Year Two, 10 students from Year Three, 10 students from Year Four and 10 students from Year Five. Those were the high achievement students identified based on the previous final year school examination results. Questionnaires were used by the researcher to obtain quantitative data related to the parent's socioeconomic background and their involvement strategies in their children's education at home from the students' parent. In addition, in-depth interviews with twenty students, that is, five students from each Year were conducted to gather information on their parent's involvement. The findings of this study indicate that most parents are from a higher socioeconomic background and they show a high degree of involvement in most of the involvement strategies at home to ensure their child's educational success. Moreover, the economic and academic capital among the middle-class parents serve to enhance their understanding and knowledge on the actual values that need to be placed on their child's education. As a result, these children gain in terms of good skills, behaviour and values, all of which are crucial to their academic success
关键词：Parental involvement; socioeconomic; education; National Type Tamil School; ;attitude; behaviour
