An examination of parents’ perceptions on their children pursuing a music course at Makerere University

Abstract

The purposes of this study was to examine the perceptions of parents on their children pursuing a music course at Makerere University. Additionally, Conversely, this study focused on mainly parents. This inquiry was conducted using a qualitative approach with a narrative implication. The research analyzed the participant’s stories, commonalities of participant’s stories which linked to the themes. This inquiry includes information on parent perceptions on music being pursued by their children for success. The participants consisted of two parents, one students. The results were categorized by two main sections that is, the factors influencing parental support, parental beliefs and attitudes regarding music education that emerged during the interviews. Each of the findings justified the importance of parenting. The results may inform the practice in several ways. Campus administrators could use the results to help organize parent programs in the betterment and support to their children. Administrators could use the communication strategies from the research to increase parental support, which could increase involvement. Furthermore, campus leaders may find this research informative because of the logical results in the study. Campus administrators can also use the findings in this research to inform parental involvement improvement efforts at the campus level.