THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Parental motivation has been shown to be an important variable that positively influences children education. More and More schools are observing the important and are encouraging families to become more involved because of the recent trend it has become essential to understand what is meant by parent involvement and in what ways it has an influence on children education. A comprehension view of insolvent is present by Epstein (1997) discussed how children learn grow through three over lapping sphere of influences family, school and community, volunteering, learning at home, decision making and collaborating with the community.
Furthermore Awanbor (2005) noted that because of poor motivation due to inadequate remuneration poor teaching environment as a result of lack of basic teaching materials, listless and unmotivated learners in the classroom, among, listless and unmotivated learners in the classroom, among others, the teachers have become the endangered species in their own profession. They no longer teach and the students in turn no longer learn. He suggested that students should be academically motivated as this will go a long way to solving most of the problems faced in education system and also increase students academic performance. He further remarked that motivating students will help them to be more responsible, and have more interest in studies. He also holds that motivation of students will reduce, if not completely eliminate, high school dropout rates, low enrolment rates, truancy etc. in the view of Renchler(1992) every educator needs to be concerned about motivation. It is a quality that students, teachers, parents, school administrators and other members of the community must have, if our educational system is to prepare young people adequately for the challenges and demands of coming century. Of course, the way these various group of individuals generate and use motivation differs greatly, students need motivation to learn, parents need it to track, the educational progress of their sons and daughter teachers need it to become better teachers, the school administrators need it to ensure that every facet of the school they manage continues to improve.
