Parental involvement in Kosovar education: Relationships with gender, education and employment variables

Abstract

This article aims to make an initial probe into parent involvement in children’s academic-related activities and how this is affected by the parents’ gender, education and employment variables. Most of the articles written on parental academic support focus on corroborating the positive relationship of parental involvement with student school achievement and cover samples from countries other than Kosova. This is the first correlational study which aims to show the significance of relationships of the specific demographic variables of Kosovar parents and the frequency of their homework help. Data are analysed using frequency distribution and chi-square for the correlation significance. The findings corroborate a higher percentage of females in parental involvement, and a negative correlation of parental involvement with employment and level of education. Implications and explanations for future research and practice are discussed.

Keywords: Academic success, homework help, Kosovar education, parent involvement, primary level.