Socio-Educational Development of Pre-School Children in Eastern Cape: Factors Militating against Fathers' Readiness to Participate

Autor/inn/en	Salami, Ishola Akindele; Okeke, Chinedu
Titel	Socio-Educational Development of Pre-School Children in Eastern Cape: Factors Militating against Fathers' Readiness to Participate
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 37 (2017) 3, Artikel 1464 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Salami, Ishola Akindele) ORCID (Okeke, Chinedu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Fathers; Parent Participation; College Students; Student Surveys; Readiness; Child Development; Statistical Analysis; Social Development; Parenting Skills; Educational Development; Mothers; Parent Influence; Likert Scales; Parent Child Relationship; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Elternmitwirkung; Collegestudent; Schülerbefragung; Kindesentwicklung; Statistische Analyse; Soziale Entwicklung; Bildungsentwicklung; Mother; Mutter; Likert-Skala; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Past studies on South African fathers' less or non-involvement in their children's development have either approached it qualitatively, with rural dwellers that are less educated than participants, or those that were quantitatively limited in terms of their focus and methodology. There is, therefore, a dearth of quantitative data on factors affecting South African fathers' readiness to participate in their children's development. It is precisely this realisation that has prompted this research paper. For this study, a descriptive survey research design with a sample of 300 university students was adopted. A questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was used to collect data, and both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in the analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Absence of father at home (weighted average = 3.72), relationship with the mother of the child (weighted average = 3.63), and financial factors (weighted average = 3.46) are identified as those factors conspiring against South African fathers' readiness, while fathering skills (weighted average = 3.41) are not one of these factors. The conclusion drawn, based on the findings of this research, is that counselling service units ought to be established in all communities in South Africa to work with families so as to help facilitate and maintain positive and cordial relationship amongst them. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01