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Parental Preferences in School Choice: The Problem and Its Background
Parental Preferences in School Choice: The Problem and Its Background
Parental Preferences in School Choice: The Problem and Its Background
Chapter 1
I. Introduction
Parent’s plays a vital role in children’s life. The parents, together with relatives and
communities are the first influencers that children experience, and the dominant influence
in their lives throughout their schooling years and beyond. Moreover, the function or role
of parents for their children’s education is obvious from the direct links between people’s
family background and their probability of success in and through education. In some
cases, Genetic factors, wealth and family networks are important for children’s education
outcomes.
At the basic education level, first parental engagement can include involvement in
school management committees or parent’s associations, interactions with teachers, and
support for school and homework. In the other hand, higher levels of education, parents
may provide specific advice on subject choices and preparation for higher education,
vocational education or links to employment.
Parental choice in school is having the choice of a parents to choose the specific
school for their children; they are also the caregivers of their children and have the full
responsibility of educating their children in a school if their choice. In addition, parents
prioritize academic quality in their choice of school, as they believe their children will
receive a better education, and what school they can excel more. Sometimes, sending
their children in school is a conflict; if the parent cannot afford to send their children in
private school, they have no choice but to send their children in the nearest public school,
except if the student will be granting a scholarship. If the parents belong to middle class,
they have the additional option to enroll their children in private school. However if the
parents are rich and have no problem financially, they’ll have the opportunity and choices
to send their children to private or high-class school.
The result of this study might provide us information what decision making does
parents do in order to know where secondary school they want their children to be
enrolled in. Furthermore, to know what or who are the influence/r that made the parents
come up with that school decision.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods and procedure used by the researchers in
accomplishing the research .This includes the research design, research setting,
research participants, sampling technique, research procedure, research instrument,
data analysis and Ethical consideration.
I. Research Design
This study makes use the qualitative research process. According to stake (2010), this
method is interpretative, experimental, situational and personal. The researchers will
employ this design to describe the lived experiences of several individuals relating to a
parental involvement in school preference of secondary class school. Furthermore, the
researcher will be using the Grounded Theory, since in this design interpretations are
continually derived from raw data.
The academic will start with a broad topic, then by the use of qualitative method, they
will gather information that further refines a research question. Instead of defining a
specific question, a grounded theorist would simply begin by interviewing parents in
different subjects about their preferences when it comes to school choice. After that,
follow by the process of developing themes from analyzing the answers of the
respondents, with the use of a highlighter the researchers would mark where the
respondents mentioned a common thing.
II. Setting of the Study
This study will take place around the Municipality of Pangil, Pakil and Paete,
Laguna, that this 3 municipality have their own High school and Senior high school
establishment with a total of 3 Parents respondents who enrolled their children in Siniloan
Integrated National High school for the school year. 2019 - 2020.
The study will aim to determine the factors that the participants considering in
choosing school for their children. However, the result of the study will be based on the
answers of the participants in the research guide questions that will prepare by the
researchers.
This study utilizes the purposive sampling, this sampling is widely used in qualitative
research for the identification and selection of information cases related to the process of
choosing a secondary school.
This sampling anchored in the study to be able knows the purpose of the researchers
to a specific respondents or having a target participants. The participants will be
consisting of 3 in each category which is enough to reach the main point of research.
V. Research Procedure
Phase 1
To obtain the objectives of the study, the researchers will consider process, the
investigator formulate a three title but unfortunately it got rejected in their title defense
and told to formulate another subject of the study, and it took several days before their
thesis adviser approved their study, after the approval, the researchers will make the
chapter 1 and 2, and will be waiting for their colloquium.
Phase 2
The researchers will allot vigorous time, effort and cooperation in developing their
questionnaire so as to serve its intended respondents.
Phase 3
The survey will be created using suitable questions modified from related research
and individual questions formed by the researchers. The researchers will make a letter
for the approval to conduct.
Phase 4
The survey will composed of set of guide questions. After collecting all data, the
researchers with the help of the adviser to be analyzed and interpreted.
This study will be conducted through face-to-face type of interview questions to gather
data about parents’ preferences in school choice. To know the parents perception in
choosing a school for their children and why did they end up choosing Siniloan INHS as
a second home for their children. The researchers used a set of questions that is written
in Filipino Language for the better understanding of the parents
VII. Data Analysis
This part shows the process on how the data gathered will be treated, analyze and
interpreted so that the researcher found the participants for his/her inquiry in a particular
subject under study. 3 participants will be involved in this study; the participants’ answers
will be analyzed and interpreted. Nevertheless, based on what they answer, some
literature review will be supported their answer. The data from the participants will be
gathered through direct interview.
This chapter introduces the CIA triad, a model to secure information and to avoid
confusion between the researcher and the respondents. Confidentiality are designed to
prevent sensitive information from the respondents. The researcher and the respondents
will be having a safe communication wherein the information has been correctly heard
and process also the researchers will provide a safe storage where all of the data hasn't
been altered and modified and can be used for the thesis defense. The integrity is
designed to protect data from deletion or modification from any unauthorized party, this
explained that the information from the respondents will only be between the participant
and the researchers. The researchers will be explaining the process of data collection
and the confidentiality to ensure the full trust from the respondents. The availability refers
to the availability of the respondents and data. The researchers will be giving time to the
participants for them to be prepared for the interview and the researcher will protect and
ensure the data is available when it’s needed.
IX. Bibliography.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309798276_Level_of_Parent_Involvem
ent_in_the_Elementary_and_Secondary_Levels