Parents Involvement in Improving Character of Children Through Mathematics Learning

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss parental involvement to the development of children character in mathematics learning. Parents are very important in improving children character by spending more time at home together, awareness and concern of parents are very influential towards the formation of character and academic performance of children. Mathematics education can be seen as a situation or the nature or even the value of synergies with character development. The achievements of pupils in mathematics and their participation to a higher level in mathematics are a reflection of the attitudes and aspirations of their parents. This study discusses parents’ involvement in improving the character of children through mathematical learning in the elementary school. This study describes the parent's knowledge and their character education, the concern towards their child's math skills, the difficulties of children in mathematics and the cooperation of the school and parents in improving the character of children at the elementary school.

Primary school teachers’ experience in the planning and implementation of supplementary teaching of mathematics

“…It is certainly good and desirable to involve parents in this, so that the child can regularly learn and practice at home in a way adapted to him (Jay, Rose & Simmons, 2018). The cooperation of parents and teachers is certainly desirable because the parent is usually the one who is most interested in the success of their child, and can help him/her every day through work, repetition, providing time for learning, playing mathematics games to automate some actions such as multiplication and division or addition and subtraction (Husen & Mansor, 2018;. The teacher, as a professional, can recommend literature to the parent, give homework assignments, provide leaflets or other written materials for the exercise, recommend games or practice activities, and the like.…”

“…матичких игара како би биле аутоматизоване одређене математичке операције, нпр., множење и дељење или сабирање и одузимање(Husen & Mansor, 2018;. Наставник, као професионалац, може да препоручи родитељима одговарајућу литературу, домаће задатке, брошуре или други писани материјал за вежбање, & Grigg, S., Perera, H. N., McIlveen, P. & Svetleff, Z.…”

Pembelajaran Matematika dan Internalisasi Nilai Karakter dalam Pembelajaran Tematik

“…Pembelajaran matematika selama ini dianggap tidak ada kaitannya dengan pendidikan karakter. Pendidikan matematika tidak selamanya melakukan analis dan perhitungan, adakalanya pembelajaran matematika juga dapat diintegrasikan dengan nilai karakter (Dahlan, Sari dan Mansor, 2019;Pertiwi & Marsigit, 2017;Sabaruddin & Rosnidar, 2018). Untuk memudahkan internalisasi nilai karakter dalam pembelajaran matematika diperlukan suatu metode yang mudah.…”

Parental Involvement in Young Children’s Learning of Numeracy

“…However, Ubale and Abdullah (2015) acclaimed that parental involvement in Malaysia is scarce even though the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE) encouraged parents to be an active partner with the school. Husen and Mansor (2018) even conclude that elementary mathematics children's performance depended on the reflection of their parents' attitudes and aspirations. Although it is accepted that children's later mathematical achievement is most directly affected by prior knowledge and experience in early numeracy, the research on examining the parental involvement in children's numeracy learning environment before formal schooling in Malaysia is insufficient.…”