Parenting Styles and Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Islamic Studies in Kwara Central Senatorial District, Nigeria
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Date
2018
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KIU Journal of Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to
investigate the influence of parenting styles
on secondary school students' attitude
towards learning Islamic Studies in Kwara
Central Senatorial District, Nigeria.
Questionnaire and Pro-forma were used to
collect data on parenting styles and students'
attitude towards learning Islamic Studies.
Simple random sampling technique was
adopted to select 300 students across the
sampled public schools. Four research
questions were raised and three null
hypotheses were formulated and tested in
the study. The data collected were analyzed
using frequency count Mean, Standard
Deviation and Pearson Product Moment
Correlation Co-efficient statistics to answer
the research questions and test the
hypotheses formulated in the study. The
findings showed that most of the students
disposed negatively to learning Islamic
Studies. It was also found that parenting
styles adopted have influence on the attitude
of the students towards learning Islamic
Studies. In addition, it was observed that
students from authoritative parenting have
positive attitude than students from other
parenting styles. Based on the findings of
the study, it was recommended that teachers
should take cognizance of the fact that
students are from various homes and with
different parenting styles thereby catering
for the individual differences that may affect
their attitudes to learning Islamic Studies.
Parents should adopt authoritative parenting
style to enhance optimal performance of the
students. In addition, there is also the need
for provision of enlightenment for parents
on the parenting style they should adopt in
order to assist their children to dispose
positively to learning.
Description
An empirical study
Keywords
parenting styles, attitude, Islamic Studies, authoritarian, permissive, authoritative
Citation
Jamiu Abdur-Rafiu, UA Ajidagba, Zakariyau Salihu Adam (2018). Parenting Styles and Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Islamic Studies in Kwara Central Senatorial District, Nigeria