Requests for Parents and Homeroom Teachers of First Graders: Important of Emotional Support

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the specific needs of 1st graders for parents and homeroom teachers. The research questions of this study are as follows. Research question 1. What does 1st grader want from parents? Research question 2. What does the 1st grader want for the homeroom teacher? There were 31 participants. Data collection was conducted by focus group interview. Requests for parents are summarized as 'what 1st graders want from parents', and requests for teachers are summarized as 'what 1st graders want from homeroom teacher' As the detailed topics of 'What 1st graders want from parents' are 'I have too much work to do, so I want to reduce it', 'Don't just scold me' ‘Like in kindergarten, play with me’ and ‘I’m so hard. Take care of me’. As the detailed topics of ‘what 1st graders want from homeroom teacher.’ are ‘At first it was exciting’, ‘Scary teacher, I hate it’, ‘Friendly teacher, good’, ‘Teacher, please praise me’ and ‘Teacher, please teach me fun’. this study revealed that the emotional support of parents and homeroom teachers is important for 1st graders to successfully adapt to elementary school.