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A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education
and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for
award of the Master of Arts in (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2020 |
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Parental involvement is the most powerful influence in a child’s education. It can have
various effects on students, both academically and behaviourally. Initially, research on
family involvement in education generally did not aim at differentiating between the effects
of specific types of involvement on definite student outcomes. Therefore the study sought
to assess the contribution of parents toward early childhood education using KNUST Pre school. The target population for the study was made up of ten (10) teachers and two (2)
parents from KNUST preschool. From the interview the study revealed that
parents' education, the number of parents in the home, stability of home life, quality of
child care, cultural differences, economic background and environment, teachers and
environments, students' desire, individual differences, language development, the duration
of breastfeeding and child nutrition were the factors affecting early childhood education at
KNUST Pre-school. Again, government policy on free education, teaching and learning
materials need to be made more readily available came out as the challenges of Early
Childhood Education at KNUST Pre-school. Based on the findings of the study, the
researcher recommends that there is the need for a robust educational and sensitization
programme for the public about the important place of early childhood education in the
educational development of the child. |
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