...Introduction Family is the basic unit of society. This is the most important component of a country. ”The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” (Santayana) 2012. Governance will only be effective if the citizens are properly oriented with good values and virtues, which is commonly taught by the family. ”Marriage is the agreement to let a family happen.” (Wylie) 2012.A home is where a family lives. It may be alternated to the word ‘house’ but a house is more appropriately referring to the material structure, whereas ‘home’ refers to the intangible things that bind together the family members. It is the immeasurable love and care that keeps together the mother, father and their offspring, or the family. A home where good values and virtues are commonly taught by the family. Aside from providing an environment conducive to physical growth and health, the family must also create an atmosphere that would influence the cognitive and psychological growth of its member. If the needs of the individual family members are met, the other members are able to reach out to others in the family, the community, and society as a whole. However, no matter how happy a family in the terms of their relationship, there are still hardships and misunderstandings that will come along the way. It is just part of any relationship anyway. But, the sad part is when one of the family members gave up and the others have no choice but to accept and let go. Thus, the family starts to be broken, varies from...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The family is the child’s channel of contact with the world. The child as a result, acquires initial education and socialization from parents and other significant members of the family. Agulana (1999) stated that the family lays the psychological, moral and spiritual foundation in the overall development of the child. There is no such thing as the perfect family. Every family is unique with its own combination of strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes families get overwhelmed by what seems like an endless list of challenges when it comes to juggling work, school and individual family members' needs. Over the past 20 years single-parent families have become even more common than the so-called "nuclear family" consisting of a mother, father and children. Today we see all sorts of single parent families: headed by mothers, headed by fathers, headed by grandparents raising their grandchildren. Life in a single parent household - though common - can be quite demanding and stressful for the adult and the children. Structurally, family/homes is either broken or intact. A broken home in this context, is one that is not structurally intact, it could be as a result of divorce, separation, death of one parent, economic status and illegitimacy. According to Frazer (2001), psychological home conditions arise mainly from illegitimacy of children, the label of adopted child, broken home, divorce and parental deprivation. Such abnormal conditions...
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...EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY IN LAGELU L.G.A OF OYO STATE) ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of broken homes on the learning performance/academic achievement in mathematics of Junior Secondary School students in Lagelu L.G.A. in Oyo state. According to the U.S census Bureau, half of all first marriages end in divorce, while 60% of divorcing couples have children. 36.3% of children live with their mothers. This study therefore sought to analyse the contribution of broken homes whether positively or negatively on the academic performance of the students in mathematics, the socio- economic status of the parents and how it affects the students’ performance, the interest of the parent toward child’s education and how it affects the child’s performance, relationship between students performance and their home situation and also to make recommendation towards the means of safe guarding the academic performance of children from broken homes. To achieve these objectives, the researcher employed a survey research design. A random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) students in five (5) selected secondary schools in Lagelu L.G.A. Out of 150 respondents, only 109 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire for the purpose of the study...
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...Researches UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH WORK THE EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON SCIENCE EDUCATION STUDENTS (A case study of some selected secondary school in Sokoto south local government) BY MUSTAPHA ABDULHAMID 0711404245 BEING A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, EDUCATION CHEMISTRY, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND EXTENSION SERVICES USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO. DECEMBER, 2011 . TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE. i APPROVAL PAGE. ii DEDICATION.. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. vii CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. 2 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM… 4 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS. 5 1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES. 6 1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY. 6 1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY. 7 1.7 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY. 8 CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.0 INTRODUCTION.. 9 2.1 CONCEPT OF HOME, SCIENCE STUDENTS AND EDUCATION.. 10 2.2 IMPORTANCE OF THE HOME. 13 2.3 NEEDS OF SCIENCE STUDENTS AS CHILDREN.. 15 2.4 THE ROLE OF HOME IN SCIENCE STUDENTS EDUCATION.. 18 2.5 BROKEN HOMES. 19 2.6 INFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOME ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENCESTUDENTS 20 2.7 CONCLUSION.. 24 CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 INTRODUCTION.. 25 3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN.. 25 3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY. 26 3.4 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES. 28 3.5 INSTRUMENTATION.. 28 3.5.1 VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENT. 29 3.5.2 RELIABILITY OF INSTUMENT. 29 3.6 METHOD OF...
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...• Broken Families think over and over if it splitting up is worth ruining their childs life. Broken family is a major problem of the society that should be given enough attention... Premium • The Effects Os Broken Families To The Social Life Of Selected Smcb Hs Students Sy 2010-2011 Pauline Vasallo and Rica Piamonte will be fascilitating a survey on the effects of broken family to the social life of selected SMCB students S.Y 2010-2011 to get... Premium • Broken Family often makes one feel inadequate or incomplete. Many youths from broken families often feel inferior to others. Sometimes, people around are ignorant and ask... Premium • The Effect Of a Broken Family To a Student's Performance In School the problems we encounter in our homes. Many articles and support the issue that broken families affect the childs performance, attitude and self-esteem. They show... Premium • Broken Family is to begin work for the real cure and prevention of such unhappiness and instability. The broken family may be a sad necessity, alike for individuals concerned... Premium • Broken Family Survey Questionnaire _______________________________________________ 16. What do you think are the disadvantages of having a broken family? [pic] Less attention [pic... Premium • Broken Family emotional, psychological, social, and behavioral aspect. As a student came from a broken family thus this factor leads to stress, depression, anxiety and low self... Premium • Having a Broken Family...
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...TEXT PDF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BROKEN HOMES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE, NIGERIA * authors Henrietta Ijeoma Alika and Ogboro Samson Edosa * journal College Student Journal * published June 2012 * issn 0146-3934 * volume 46 * issue 2 * start page 256 * size 9 pages * added 10:50 PM The study investigated the relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study was correlational because the study sought to establish extend of relationship between broken homes and academic achievement. The statistical method used in analyzing the data was me Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r). Reliable and validated questionnaires which were designed to elicit information on the hypotheses of study were used. Six senior secondary schools were randomly selected for the study. One hundred and fifty respondents from single parent homes were used for the study. 25 respondents were randomly selected from six schools. Results showed a significant relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. It was also discovered that female students from broken homes perform better in thie studies than the male students, moreover, the result showed that low socioeconomic status, also had an adverse effect on the academic performance of children from broken homes. It is recommended that...
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... Relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Full Text: The study investigated the relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study was correlational because the study sought to establish the extent of relationship between broken homes and academic achievement. The statistical method used in analyzing the data was the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r). Reliable and validated questionnaires which were designed to elicit information on the hypotheses of study were used. Six senior secondary schools were randomly selected for the study. One hundred and fifty respondents from single parent homes were used for the study. 25 respondents were randomly selected from six schools. Results showed a significant relationship between broken homes and academic achievement of students. It was also discovered that female students from broken homes perform better in their studies than the male students, moreover, the result showed that low socio-economic status, also had an adverse effect on the academic performance of children from broken homes. It is recommended that personal social counselling should be rendered to students from broken homes, with a view to counselling students who are experiencing some challenges Keywords: Stable homes, broken homes, Academic achievement, gender and...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Broken home is a worldwide problem and it occurs in a situation whereby the parent are not able to cope with each other may be as a result of financial constraint or incompactibility of their behavior hence the child live with either of the parents. The parents in order to make bolt ends meet will not be at home most of the time. The child is deprived of love and affection and parent s enlightenment and motivation on how to go about things. The family in this situation becomes less important as an educating an gent where the parents the child is living will have to re – marry , either the man or woman, the child may not be acceptable by the step parent. Thus, such a child becomes a liability instead of an asset. The child may be maltreated in various forms. That is the child may not be given adequate food and money to school and will therefore be exposed to stealing or running away to do meager jobs to feed him or her self. The child at this adolescent age wants independence from the family but attaining adult status and developing as a unique individual needs guidance which may be lacking in this situation . The family could no longer prepare the child for traditional adult role which he/she is expected to play in the society. So the child finds it difficult to formulate values acceptable to his /her own group, to parent and to cultural mores. In the course of adolescent development task, the home is of greatest...
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...years, the investigations of the factors that influence academic performance of students have attracted the interest and concern of teachers, counselors, psychologists, researchers and school administrators in Nigeria (Wiseson, 2001). This is because of the public outcries concerning the low standard of education in the country. The declining quality of education in the country and the breeding of graduates with little technical know-how have resulted in serious setbacks to the industrial development of the nation (Amin, 2005). Different factors are capable of influencing the academic performance of students. Such factors may be the student's internal state (intelligence, state of health, motivation, anxiety parental care etc.) and their environment (availability of suitable learning environment, adequacy of educational infrastructure like textbooks and well-equipped laboratories). Ajila & Olutola, (2000) argued that home environment or family has been recognized as having a lot of influence on the academic performance of students. Ichado (1998) stated that parents’ constant disagreement affects children emotionally and this could lead to poor academic performance in school. The family lays the psychosocial, moral and spiritual foundations in the overall development of the child. However, the mother played significant role in the formation of a home and her roles cannot be over-emphasized. Studies on father-child relationship suggest that the presence of a father in the...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: Broken homes are experience by some of the students not only with those in poverty line families but same goes to middle and higher class families. Parents chose to live separately regardless how their children feel and its impact to their lives, however, there are still parents in spite of the situation still supports and care of their children in their studies, and others. It is worthy to note that majority of high school students in the country who got poor or failing grades in their academic subjects came from broken homes. Some of them as we saw were not just having poor academic performance but instead they let themselves be retained at their year level after dropping-out their respective subjects. It is timely to identify or to determine if students in high school who came from broken homes are greatly affected in their academic classes. To find out the answers of this query, the researcher aims to study “The Academic Performance of Students Coming from Broken Homes”. THE PROBLEM Statement of the Problem: This research study aimed to explore and determine the academic performance of high school students coming from broken homes. Likewise, it would found out whether students coming from broken homes affect their academic performance during the academic year 2010-2011. Specifically, this research sought to answer the following sub-problems: 1.) What is the profile of the respondents in terms of: ...
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...THE EFFECT OF BROKEN FAMILY IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION COLLEGE An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty, College of Education Our Lady of Assumption College Phase 2 Branch, Mamatid City, Cabuyao, Laguna In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Secondary Education By: Partulan, Ma. Victoria Date: TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Approval Sheet Acknowledgment Dedication List of Figures Chapter I. The Problem and Its Background Introduction Background of the Study Conceptual Framework Statement of the Problem Scope and Limitations of the Study Significance of the Study Definition of Terms II. Review of Related Literature and Studies Related Literature Foreign Local Related Studies Foreign Local APPROVAL SHEET THE EFFECT OF BROKEN FAMILY IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION COLLEGE by: Partulan, a. Victoria O. Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Our Lady of Assumption College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education In English Date: Approved: Date: ____________________________ ______________________________ ____________________________ ______________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my Professor Dr. Rustico M. Agcaoili...
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...Comm Sci, 2(2): 121-124 (2008) The Effects of Family Structure and Parenthood on the Academic Performance of Nigerian University Students V. O. Uwaifo Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria Telephone: (234) 08035472684, E-mail: vuwaifo@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Parent Education. Academic Performance. Family Structures ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of family structure and parenthood on the academic performance of Nigerian university students. The sample for the study consisted of 240 students drawn from the six randomly selected faculties in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. The adapted form of “Guidance and Counseling Achievement Grade Form” was used for data collection and the data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using the t-test statistical method. The three null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance. The results showed that significant differences existed between the academic performance of students from singleparent family and those from two-parent family structures. The results also indicated significant differences in academic performance of male and female students compared on two types of family structures. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that school counsellors should be employed in all schools and that they should provide necessary assistance to students especially those from single-parent family to enable them overcome their emotional...
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...Comm Sci, 2(2): 121-124 (2008) The Effects of Family Structure and Parenthood on the Academic Performance of Nigerian University Students V. O. Uwaifo Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria Telephone: (234) 08035472684, E-mail: vuwaifo@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Parent Education. Academic Performance. Family Structures ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of family structure and parenthood on the academic performance of Nigerian university students. The sample for the study consisted of 240 students drawn from the six randomly selected faculties in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. The adapted form of “Guidance and Counseling Achievement Grade Form” was used for data collection and the data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using the t-test statistical method. The three null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance. The results showed that significant differences existed between the academic performance of students from singleparent family and those from two-parent family structures. The results also indicated significant differences in academic performance of male and female students compared on two types of family structures. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that school counsellors should be employed in all schools and that they should provide necessary assistance to students especially those from single-parent family to enable them overcome their emotional...
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...Literature 1 Effects of Broken Family to the Adolescent In this regard, Sherman (1983) conducted a comprehensive review of the early literature on the psychosocial correlates of adolescent substance abuse. He concluded that: The majority of research studies supported the traditional view of the adolescent substance abuser as rebellious, lacking in self-esteem, having a low sense of psychological well-being, poor academic performance, low religiosity, a broken family, anxiety, alienation, and maladjustment. (p. 134) This section of the presented review of the literature indicated that there is a clear and direct correlation between adolescent substance abuse and parental divorce with the likelihood being that parental divorce is, at least to some extent, a causative factor in both use and abuse of drugs and alcohol among teens. The next question that needs to be asked regarding these findings is: What are the types and kinds of treatment being given to these youngsters and how effective are these interventions? In an effort to answer this question, the next section of the presented review examines studies related to the treatment of adolescent substance abusers from divorced families. The treatments that have been implemented with adolescent substance abusers are varied. According to Jenson, Howard and Jaffe (1995), the most common of these are: social skills training, family therapy, case management systems, most of which utilize posttreatment support groups to maintain abstinence...
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...STUDY “Family is the foundation of the society which strengthens the human world.” This is from the research paper of Ms. Jesalyn Pastorfide. This inspires us to choose the topic “Broken Family Relationship: Affects the study habits of High School students of Saint Francis College – Allen”. In studying, having a complete family somehow inspires a student to study hard. Our family is the first environment in which we are exposed to. We can’t choose the family we want but what it will depends on us. A broken family can lead teenagers to Juvenile Delinquency. We are aware that there are some teenagers with broken family that are drug addicts or whatever. But there are also teenagers that are not involved in drug addictions. Marriage begins in Matrimony in which the couples are saying vows in front of the crowd and in front of the Almighty God. But there are some couples who were happy after their wedding but eventually separate without thinking what will happen to their child/children. Some parents are teaching the teenagers to always choose the right decision but are they choosing the right ones? Some will say no, some will say yes. There is no definite answer. In this research, we will be interviewing some students with or without broken family of Saint Francis College – Allen to know if having an incomplete or broken family can greatly affect study habits of students. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This research was made clear about the study on “Broken family relationship:...
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