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BIRTH ORDER AND PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ON PUPILS’ PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA

The study assessed the influence of birth order and parental educational background on pupils’ personality development Ghana. The population of this study consisted of all primary school teachers who are also parents in Ghana. The study adopted a survey research design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which tagged “Home Environment and Personality Development Questionnaire (HEPDQ)” was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument was vetted by the researcher’s supervisor who is an expert in the field before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.84 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that there is significant influence of birth order on the speech development of pupils. There is significant influence of parental educational background on emotional development of pupils. It was therefore recommended adequate support should be provided to children with differing educational backgrounds such as access to books and school related input. This will improve their academic performance.
Dr Thompson, N. Richard
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