Parental Engagement and Moral Development of Learners: Teachers' Lived Experiences in Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya

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@article{1710957,
      author = {Jephthar Mwenesi},
      title = {Parental Engagement and Moral Development of Learners: Teachers' Lived Experiences in Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {9},
      number = {3},
      pages = {1728-1732},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1710957.pdf},
      abstract = {Moral development among learners in Kenyan secondary remains a critical concern with challenges such as strikes, arson, violence, and widespread indiscipline persisting despite alternatives to corporal punishment. This phenomenological study examined teachers' lived experiences regarding parental engagement in fostering moral development in Bungoma County secondary schools. Data were collected from deputy principals and guidance counsellors through unstructured interviews and analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Findings revealed inadequate parental involvement, defensiveness, poor role modeling, and institutional disconnects that undermine moral formation. Conversely, communitarian principles emerged as critical in nurturing moral development. The study recommends enhanced parental engagement, communitarian-inspired policies, and integration of moral dialogue into education.},
      keywords = {Parental Engagement, Communitarianism, Moral Development, Phenomenology},
      month = {September},
  }