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    Parent Involvement in their Children Education in Selected Government Preschools in Addis Ababa
    (AAU, 2021-08) Bekele, Helen; Teklu, Fiseha(Assistant professor
    The purpose of this study was to assess parent’s involvement in selected government preschools children in Addis Ababa City Administration. In total, 162 parents selected for the study, and 2 preschools administrators and 3 teachers were interviewed. Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theoretical framework was used to guide this study. Correlation was conducted to see the relationship between parents involvement, with parent’s number of children at home (r=-0.002) and age of children(r=.085), the result showed that parent involvement does not have relationship with number of children at home and age of a child. T-test was also used to determine if there is significant difference between who has male and female children regarding parental involvement. There was no significant difference (p< .001) between parents whose children are male and female. Teachers asked about what the school arrange to invite parents in the school environment. In all the pre-schools, schools organize only meeting with in a semester. Therefore, parent’s participation in school is limited. In addition to this, parents’ busy working schedule also limit parent’s participation. According to the current study, participation of parents in government preschools children is moderate. This study could possibly contribute to show up and increases the level of involvement by giving information about their level of involvement. In addition, the study increases teachers and parents understanding of parent involvement and participation in their children education by giving information about importance of parent involvement.
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    Parent Involvement in their Children Education in Selected Government Preschools in Addis Ababa
    (AAU, 2021-08) Bekele, Helen; Teklu, Fiseha(Pro
    The purpose of this study was to assess parent’s involvement in selected government preschools children in Addis Ababa City Administration. In total, 162 parents selected for the study, and 2 preschools administrators and 3 teachers were interviewed. Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theoretical framework was used to guide this study. Correlation was conducted to see the relationship between parents involvement, with parent’s number of children at home (r=-0.002) and age of children(r=.085), the result showed that parent involvement does not have relationship with number of children at home and age of a child. T-test was also used to determine if there is significant difference between who has male and female children regarding parental involvement. There was no significant difference (p< .001) between parents whose children are male and female. Teachers asked about what the school arrange to invite parents in the school environment. In all the pre-schools, schools organize only meeting with in a semester. Therefore, parent’s participation in school is limited. In addition to this, parents’ busy working schedule also limit parent’s participation. According to the current study, participation of parents in government preschools children is moderate. This study could possibly contribute to show up and increases the level of involvement by giving information about their level of involvement. In addition, the study increases teachers and parents understanding of parent involvement and participation in their children education by giving information about importance of parent involvement