FAMILY EDUCATION AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A VIEW OF VIETNAMMESE PARENTS

Abstract

Family education plays an important role on the formation and development of the personality of students in primary schools. However, in Vietnam, besides achievements, family education still has some problems that hinder the personality development of students at primary school age. The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of awareness and implementation of educational contents and methods among Vietnamese parents to see if this is hindering the personality development of learners. The study surveyed 136 parents to collect data through a questionnaire consisting of 6 variables and 46 items on the Linkert scale, the reliability of the scale was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha tests. The results show that Vietnamese parents always spend time caring for their children, but there is no balance between the content and methods of personality education. In particular, parents spend too much time helping their children get good scores at school. This suggests that parent education programs in Vietnam need to be expanded in the future as a solution to increase family participation in the personality education process for primary school students in Vietnam.