A Study on Parents’ Participating Motivation of Class Affairs and Parenting Efficacy in Taipei City Private Elementary School

• Main Authors: HUANG, YU-PING, 黃育萍
• Other Authors: LIN, SHU-JAN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g4nz73

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 107 === This study aims to understand parents’ participating motivation of class affairs in private elementary schools in Taipei (hereinafter called parents’ participating motivation) and parenting efficacy (hereinafter called parenting efficacy), also examines the different factors that contribute to the differences in the parents’ motivation to participate. The research is conducted by self-made questionnaries. A total of 1100 questionnaires was distributed, and 778 effective ones were collected. The recovery rate of valid questionnaires is 70.63%. The data obtained from the quesitonnaires is analyzed by descriptive statistics, The data obtained after the test is analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson product difference correlation analysis, single sample t test, independent sample t test, single factor anova analysis, post hoc comparison and other statistical methods. The conclusions are as follows: 1.The parents’ motivation to participate was above moderate level. According to SPSS testing, the highest factor was that they participate for egoistic (self-benefitting) motives, then altruistic motives, and the least for social networking. 2.The overall effectiveness of the parenting efficacy of the private elementary schools in Taipei parents was above moderate level. According to SPSS testing, the highest contributing factor to parenting efficacy was communication of emotions (talking about each other’s’ feelings), then caretaking efficiency, and the least being parental confidence. 3.Parents of private elementary schools in Taipei have significant differences in the aspect of altruistic motivation due to the difference in gender, and female are significantly higher than male. 4.There was significant difference in participation among the different education levels for the parents who participate because of altruistic motives. For the participation for altruistic motives group, parents with a junior college degree participation was significant higher than those with graduate school degree or above. 5.There’s significant difference and variation in private elementary school in Taipei parents’ motives (egoistic, altruistic, social networking) for class affairs participation in regards to their occupation. 6.There’s significant difference and variation in private elementary school in Taipei parents’ motives, altruistic or social networking, for class affairs participation depending on their son/daughter’s grade level. Parents of grades one and two students was significantly higher than parents of grades five and six students. 7.There was significant difference in parenting efficacy depending on if the parent participates in class affairs. The significance for parents with egoistic motives was significantly higher than parents with social networking motives. The significance for parents with altruistic motives was also significantly higher than parents with social networking motives. In the aspect of emotional communication (talking about each other’s feelings), the significance for parents with egoistic motives was higher than parents with social networking motives.