Parents' Educational Expectations: Does It Matter for Academic Success?

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 150 - 160, 27.11.2019

E.nihal Lindberg , Erdal Yıldırım Özlem Elvan Dürdane Öztürk Serpil Recepoğlu

https://doi.org/10.33710/sduijes.596569

Cited By: 7

Abstract

Previous studies
showed that high parental expectations are linked to student motivation to
achieve in school, social resilience, aspirations to attend college, high
grades, to achieve high scores on standardized tests, and persist longer in
school. Adding to these direct effects, parent expectations have been stated as
affecting student outcomes indirectly through parental beliefs and perceived
efficacy in providing academic support to their children. In this study, it was
aimed to examine the parental expectations of their youths’ academic success
and future educational career. Thirty-five mothers and 15 fathers whose
children were in the eighth grade were interviewed. In the semi-structured
interview, fifty parents were asked the factors affecting their expectations,
if they share their expectations with their youths, if there are any
differences between parents’ and youths’ own expectations. Thematic analysis
technique was applied to the transcribed data. The results showed that although
there were differences between expected and current situation of academic
success of youths, parents mentioned their expectation that their youths’
academic success will be good because of the youths’ own ability or effort. On
the other hand, parents’ expectation is not based on the current situation of
the youth’s academic success but based on the parents’ aspiration.

Keywords

Academic success, Parental expectation, Parental aspirations, Educational career of youths

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