Investigation on the influence of parents' education level on children's education—— Take Dakutu Village, a minority village in Minhe County as an example

Abstract

Family is the initial social place for individuals, which constructs the most basic cultural environment and living space that affects children. As social actors, parents' cultural level and professional status are the two most important indicators and factors that affect the family cultural environment. The influence of parents' education level, occupation and family economic status on children's studies is one of the most important factors besides school. Children's education and growth are closely related to their families. Because of remote terrain, backward economy, cultural constraints and other factors, the overall level of education in ethnic minority areas is relatively low, the progress of reform and development of ethnic education is still very slow, and the defects in the development of ethnic education are obvious. In this paper, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 100 families in Dakutu Village, a minority village in Minhe County. The rates of parents with no education, primary school, junior high school/vocational high school and above were 30%, 59% and 11% respectively, and the excellent and good rates of their children's academic achievements were 5%, 21.2% and 73.8% respectively. From the perspective of parents' occupation, the ratios of cadres and families, going out to work, and farming at home are 2%, 55%, and 43%, respectively. The mental health problems of children from parents who go out to work are the most serious, with a ratio of 75%; Parents with relatively low education level can't put forward reasonable expectations for their children's development, which is also the main factor leading to children's mental health problems. Based on the field investigation of different families in Dakutu Village, a minority village, this paper analyzes parents' educational level and its influence on children's education through the intermediary of parents' educational values and professional status, with a view to exploring better educational methods and concepts.