The Role of Parents in Guiding Children in the Implementation of Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic at Yapim Siak Hulu Private Vocational School

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, learning is carried out online. This makes the duties and roles of parents grow extra, because they have to be teachers as well as parents for their children. This study aims to describe the role of parents in guiding children in the implementation of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive study method. Data collection was carried out through a process of observation, interviews, and documentation. Furthermore, the data were analyzed through reduction techniques, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The data will be declared valid in this study, after going through a triangulation test. The results of this study indicate that the role of parents at home for their children in the implementation of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic includes the role of educators, motivators (providing learning motivation for children), learning facilitators for children, and mentors for various children's needs in the educational process. . Likewise, there are supporting and inhibiting factors for the role of parents, namely supporting factors including the availability of internet packages, adequate learning facilities, and learning supervision. While the inhibiting factors include busy time to earn a living, difficulty managing children's study time, children's playing activities outside the home.