Abstract
The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among the parenting styles, academic self concept, academic motivation and students’ academic achievement. The sample for this research consisted of 136 from Fasilo secondary school students using stratified random sampling of which 82 males and 54 females from a population of 970 students consisting grade 9 th and 10 th . Data analysis was done descriptively by using the means and standard deviations. Besides that, inferential statistical methods such as the Pearson-r, Multiple Regression and independent t-test techniques were also used to determine the relationship between the factors analyzed. Research results revealed that out of the four specific parenting styles, the authoritative style has the medium correlation ‘r’ value that is 0.327 at the significance level of 0.05 with academic achievement. The authoritarian style also has negative significant relationship with achievement, with ‘r’ value of -0.225 at the significance level of 0.05 with academic achievement. Besides that, the permissive parenting style has negative significant relationship with achievement, with its ‘r’ value of -0.366 at the significance level of 0.05 with academic achievement. However, there is no significant relationship between the neglectful parenting styles with achievement. Results also show that there is a significant relationship among the academic self concept(r=0.209), intrinsic motivation(r=0.248), extrinsic motivation(r=0.222) with academic achievement at the significance level of 0.05. The multi-regression analysis indicated that authoritative, Authoritarian, permissive, neglected, self-concept, intrinsic motivation and extract motivation were affected by 47.6% of the variable in the academic achievement, so that great attention was given for the contribution of parenting styles, self-concept and academic motivation for academic achievement. The two-sample t-test indicated that as group males scored significantly higher academic achievement than females in all predictor variables. However, Female students scored high mean score than male counterparts in Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Self-concept, Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. On the other, there was no difference mean between males and females with respect to neglectful parenting style and academic achievement was found to be statistically not significant. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that, at the school level parent education programs should be incorporated and parents and teachers should come together as collaborators in enhancing the academic achievement of students. K e y w o r d s: Academic Achievement, Academic self-content, Parenting style, Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation
Highlights
Education is the process of instruction aimed at the development of the individual, facilitating realization of self-potential and hidden talents of an individual
There are many types of variables that could affect academic achievement at different levels of schooling, this study has considered the effect of parenting styles, academic self-concept and academic motivation on students’ academic achievement in Bahir Dar city at Fasilo secondary school
Which means female students scored a higher mean score than male counterparts in authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, self-concept, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. These results show that females have high authoritative parenting styles, authoritarian parenting styles, permissive parenting styles, self-concept, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation
Summary
Education is the process of instruction aimed at the development of the individual, facilitating realization of self-potential and hidden talents of an individual. Education makes a man a good thinker and a correct decision-maker. It is through education that knowledge and information is received and spread throughout the world. Khan (2003) cited in Kamble (2009) suggested that "without education, man is in a closed room and with education he finds himself in a room with all its windows open towards the outside world". Education has a pivotal role to play in the economic and social development of any nation. Bearing in mind the importance of education it is the need of the hour to promote the academic achievement of students, who form the concrete foundation for the country's progress
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