Barriers Educators Face in Involving Fathers in the Education of their Children at the Foundation Phase

Mathwasa, Joyce; Okeke, C.I.O.

doi:10.1080/09718923.2016.11893531

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“…Parents are the "primary educator" who is responsible for providing information about religion, moral, and cultural education and for teaching their children informally about how to read, write and count (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a, p.229). Fathers' involvement from early ages has an essential role in positive outcomes towards cognitive development in children (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a). Goldman (2005) stated that statistically, fathers' engagement in children learning is related to children's learning outcomes, better exam results, excellent academic performance at school, higher chance to continue their studies in higher level of education, having more an optimistic attitude and good behaviour (as cited in Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a).…”

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“…Fathers' involvement from early ages has an essential role in positive outcomes towards cognitive development in children (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a). Goldman (2005) stated that statistically, fathers' engagement in children learning is related to children's learning outcomes, better exam results, excellent academic performance at school, higher chance to continue their studies in higher level of education, having more an optimistic attitude and good behaviour (as cited in Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a). Further, fathers' involvement is linked to children socio-emotional and better academic functioning at school (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016b).…”

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“…Despite talking about all the important factors of fathers' involvement in early childhood education, there is some condition which could limit fathers' participation in their children education. There are various factors which could affect fathers' presence in children education activities, including culture, income, working hours, and socioeconomic backgrounds (Bauman & Wasserman, 2010;Fathonah & Abidin, 2016;Ihmeideh, 2014) Another study also found that there are some barriers which fathers face to getting more involved in their children education, includes teachers' and mothers' attitude toward fathers' participation, social beliefs regarding male involvement in child care, family's stereotypes, father's education, lack of time due to non-regular work schedule, lack of knowledge of father to getting participate themselves in their children activities, and absent father syndrome (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a). Socio-cultural and tradition are also limit father to getting more involved in their children education (Palm & Fagan, 2008).…”

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“…The research discovered that mothers have crucial factors in assisting the relationship between father and children at home (Palm & Fagan, 2008). Furthermore, teacher attitudes towards fathers are often limit fathers to participate in their children activity at school actively (Mathwasa & Okeke, 2016a). Based on Mathsawa & Okeke (2016b) studies, teachers are rarely inviting fathers into their classroom activity.…”

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“…However, on the day of the event, the majority who attend are mothers, only a few fathers who are participating in that event, even though the event was held on the weekdays. Goldman (2005) as cited in Mathwasa and Okeke (2016a) defined father's involvement as a father who has a relationship with his child and at the same time could be described as being sensitive, affectionate, warm, nurturing and encouraging, close, friendly, supportive, intimate, comforting and accepting. Relationship between children and father could be expressed by various activities, either in direct and indirect activities, such as reading children before bed and playing together.…”

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Fathers’ Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia

Rahmah¹

2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Parenting 2019 (ECEP 2019)

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This study explores the importance and challenges of the fathers' engagement in early years education in Indonesia. Previous research highlight that the fathers' involvement in children education could give positive feedback for both the father and the children. Fathers' participation in various children activities can promote fathers' awareness of their values towards children. In Indonesia, the father presence at school remains invisible compared to the mother. Further, this exploration also found that the role of educator at school became one of an important aspect to engage fathers' participation in their children education. Inviting fathers to be involved in their children education needs to be initiated from the educators and teachers at schools. It is worth considering that schools need to engage fathers' participation, either through school-based or a homebased activities. The study found that fathers with a young child in Indonesia have positive attitudes toward their children education. The domination of a female presence in a child education setting limits the father to participate in child education. Socio-culture, tradition, time limitation due to working hours, father's income, and educational background of the fathers also affect their involvement in early childhood education.

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Section: The Importance Of Father's Involvement In Early Childhood Edmentioning

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Section: The Challenges Of Father's Involvement In Early Childhood Edmentioning

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Father involvement in centre-based early childhood programs: A systematic review

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Crises impacting South African men’s participation in early socio-education development of children and possible useful interventions

Okeke

2017

South African Journal of Psychology

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The objective of this study was to establish the factors that hinder men from actively participating in the early socio-education development of their children. An exploratory sequential design and semistructured interviews were used to engage 25 purposively sampled fathers who live in communities within the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. Qualitative data were analysed through analytic induction and grounded theorising and presented descriptively. Coleman’s social capital theory provided the theoretical lenses that enabled an understanding of men’s crises that impacted the rationale for the nature of the interventions suggested in this article. Findings indicate that participants experienced extreme crises that impeded their ability to genuinely participate in early socio-education development of their children. Fathers reported experiencing huge crises, some of which appeared self-imposed. The social system that immensely stereotypes men appeared to further deepen their crises, which resulted in their inability to contribute to children’s socio-education development. Most current explanatory models on men’s participatory experiences in children’s early social development are largely deficient, derogatory, and recriminatory. The author suggests that such interpretive models may be counterproductive. If fathers are to genuinely contribute to children’s socio-education development, father-specific support programmes must be put in place. Some helpful interventions have been suggested.

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Barriers Educators Face in Involving Fathers in the Education of their Children at the Foundation Phase

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Fathers’ Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia

Fathers’ Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia

Father involvement in centre-based early childhood programs: A systematic review

Crises impacting South African men’s participation in early socio-education development of children and possible useful interventions

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