Home-School Partnership in Relation to Reading Skills of Learners

Abstract

The current study delves into exploring the influence of home-school partnerships in improving learners' reading skills. In this study, the researcher selected 120 public elementary school teachers in Bangoy District, Davao City, as the respondents of the study. A stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. A non-experimental quantitative research design using a descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected to the following statistical tools: Mean, Pearson Moment Product Correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis. The study found a significant relationship between home-school partnerships and learners' reading skills, with parental involvement in school and time spent with students emerging as key predictors. Further, correlation analysis enhancing teaching strategies demonstrated a significant relationship between home-school partnerships and learners' reading skills in Bangoy District in Davao City. Evidently, regression analysis proved that home-school partnerships in terms of time students spend with their parents and parents’ involvement in school were significant predictors of learners' reading skills in Bangoy District in Davao City. In other words, home-school partnership influences learners' reading skills in Bangoy District in Davao City. Thus, the researcher recommends that other researchers conduct an explanatory study on the mediating factors that cause the relationship between home-school partnership and the reading skills of learners in Bangoy District in Davao City in a larger context may be conducted.