THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN PROVIDING CHILDREN LEARNING FACILITIES TO DEVELOP CREATIVITY

Abstract

This research was motivated by the conditions encountered in the field that: 1)
there were still parents who lacked knowledge about what facilities or
infrastructure were given to basic children, 2) still not creating a good learning
atmosphere at home. So the purpose of this study is to describe: 1) The role of
parents in creating a good atmosphere at home. 2) The role of parents in providing
facilities and infrastructure in providing child learning facilities. This research is
quantitative descriptive. The population of this study were all parents of grade 1
elementary school students in RW 01 RT 01 and 02 in Binuang Village, Pauh
Sub-District, Padang City, as many as 32 people. The technique used in sampling
is total sampling. The instrument used in this study is a questionnaire, while for
technical data analysis. The results of this study indicate that: 1) the role of
parents in providing learning facilities for grade 1 children in good aspects, and 2)
in the aspects of learning facilities and infrastructure at home are also in good
category. Based on the results of this study the researchers can develop more roles
in providing learning facilities for grade 1 elementary school children.