Download or read book Student Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools written by Amy Nicole Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Examining the Perceptions of Parental Involvement of Elementary School Students on Academic Achievement in High Poverty Urban Schools written by Michael Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Students Perceptions about Parental Involvement and Academic Achievement in a Selected North Carolina Elementary School written by Belvia Dean Williams and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine elementary students' perceptions about parental involvement and academic achievement in a selected North Carolina school. Students' perceptions of their parents' involvement were determined through face-to-face interviews using seventeen questions from the Educational Socialization Scale (Bempechat, 1989) and twenty questions form the Home/School Protocol (Wilson-Jones, 2003). The sample population consisted of 59 fourth and fifth grade students. Students' perceptions of parental involvement were explored in the following areas: (a) education and future plans, (b) homework and school work, (c) participation at school, (d) the value of academic effort, (e) academic shame, and (f) appreciation of parents. The results of this study indicated that these fourth and fifth grade students all had positive perceptions about parental involvement and academic achievement. Also regardless of their academic achievement levels, all students perceived that the leading factors of parental involvement that promoted academic achievement included: (a) parents' discussions of career plans, (b) parent's value of academic effort, and (c) students' appreciation of parents. The results of this study recommended an expanded research of in-depth interviews with students about their perceptions Future studies on students' perceptions should include variables such as: (a) family structures, (b) students interests, and (c) other academic indicators. Additional qualitative research on this topic could challenge long-held assumptions and reveal important information for crafting parental involvement procedures that enhance student academic achievement. Finally, future research should incorporate case studies and longitudinal studies that delve into the social contexts in which students learn and grow.

Download or read book Achievement and Motivation written by Ann K. Boggiano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achievement and Motivation was originally published in 1993. It provides a comprehensive review of research conducted on the topic in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Most particularly, it focuses on the research of those in the field who tackle the issue from a social-developmental perspective.

Download or read book Preparing Educators to Engage Families written by Heather B. Weiss and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constant changes in education are creating new and uncertain roles for parents and teachers that must be explored, identified, and negotiated. Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework, Third Edition encourages readers to hone their analytic and problem-solving skills for use in real-world situations with students and their families. Organized according to Ecological Systems Theory (of the micro, meso, exo, macro, and chrono systems), this completely updated Third Edition presents research-based teaching cases that reflect critical dilemmas in family-school-community relations, especially among families for whom poverty and cultural differences are daily realities. The text looks at family engagement issues across the full continuum, from the early years through pre-adolescence.

Download or read book Parental Involvement in Schools written by Kristen Waters Guetschow and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parental Involvement in Two Elementary Schools A Qualitative Case Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parent involvement is essential if students are to succeed in school. In fact, âparental involvement is more important to student success, at every grade level, than family income or educationâ (Starr, 2004). Yet many schools struggle to effectively engage parents in the education of their children as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 now requires. The purpose of this study was to explore parentsâ, administratorsâ, and guidance counselorsâ perceptions of parent involvement at a Title I elementary school and a non- Title I elementary school, both of which are located in the southern Appalachian region of the United States, to identify successful parental involvement practices, and to determine the perceived impact of parent involvement on student achievement and school improvement. Specifically, this study explored the strategies employed within the 2 elementary schools to encourage parent involvement, identified effective practices of highly involved parents at the 2 schools, and determined barriers to parental involvement at the 2 elementary schools. The findings of this study suggested that parents in both elementary schools have very similar perceptions of parent involvement. Parents from each school reported that they feel welcome in their childrenâs school, communicate regularly with school personnel, engage in parent-child learning activities, and serve on decision making bodies within the school. Surprisingly, parents in both schools expressed a desire for more parent involvement and perceived some parents as not having an equal opportunity to participate in school functions. School personnel identified barriers to parent involvement and described the manner in which they were working to overcome challenges in their respective schools. While principals articulated the desire for greater parent involvement, they perceived their schools as providing opportunities for all parents to be actively engaged in the educational process. Recommendations from t.

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Download or read book Teachers Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools written by Hilary Rosensweet and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parent Involvement in Children s Education written by Nancy Lane Carey and published by Department of Education Office of Educational. This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings from the Survey on Family and School Partnerships in Public Schools, K-8 which addressed these issues: the kinds of commun. that schools establish to provide parents (PT) with info. about the goals of the school, their children's progress, and topics relevant to assist. students outside of school; the kinds of activities schools sponsor that are designed to inform PT about their children's perform. the kinds of volunteer activ. schools make avail. to PT, and the extent to which PT participate in these activities; the extent to which PT are included in decisionmaking regarding selected school issues; and other factors that influence school efforts to increase PT involve. in their children's educ.

Download or read book A Correlational Study of Parental Involvement at the Elementary School Middle School and High School Level written by Tammy Ann Magouirk and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine perceptions of involvement of 120 elementary, 120 middle, and 120 high school parents. A combined version of Sheldon and Epstein's Parent Survey of Family and Community Involvement in the Elementary and Middle School Grades and the Parent Survey of Family and Community Involvement in the High School Grades was used to gather data. Descriptive data were used to reveal the results for research questions one, two, and three. A Pearson's r was used to determine the relationships for research questions four, five, and six. Research question 4: What is the nature and strength of the relationship between parents' reported type of involvement activities and their child's educational level (elementary, middle, and high school)?, had a negative correlation of (-.276). For research question 5: What is the nature and strength of the relationship between parent perceptions regarding responsibilities toward parent involvement and their child's educational level (elementary, middle, and high school) had a negative correlation of (-.175). And, for research question 6: What is the nature and strength of the relationship between parent perceptions regarding their ability to help students with school-related work and their child's educational level (elementary, middle, and high school)? had a negative correlation of (-.011). Implications for this study include ways to enhance students' lives. With simple involvement ideas, beliefs are that parents will engage in involvement activities, thus facilitating their student's academic performance. This study serves as a springboard for additional research on parental involvement.

Download or read book An Analysis of Elementary School Group Members Perceptions of Levels of Parental Involvement in Schools written by Denise Donna Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parent and Student Perceptions of Parental Involvement for High achieving Students in Michigan written by Susan Sheth and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents of high-achieving children struggle to maximize their child's academic achievement and advocate for suitable educational opportunities. High-achieving children and their parents often encounter difficulties accessing challenging material in their classrooms or accessing teachers with appropriate knowledge of how to guide their education. One solution is to increase parental involvement by better understanding the relationship between academic achievement and parental involvement for high-achieving students. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement for high-achieving middle school students. Epstein's six dimensions of parental involvement provided a conceptual structure for this study. Fifty-eight parent-student dyads in Michigan were surveyed for academic achievement and levels and types of parental involvement. Relationships were explored between academic achievement and parental involvement using ANOVA and Pearson correlation statistical analyses. The first key finding was that no significant relationship was found between parental involvement, as perceived by either student or parent, and any measure of academic achievement. The second key finding was a significant relationship between parental involvement, ethnicity, parental educational attainment, and household income. Parental involvement increased with household income and parental education attainment, and decreased for non-White households. The third key finding was that no significant benefit was found for homeschooling despite the higher parental involvement for these students. The work concludes with specific recommendations for improving the academic achievement of high-achieving students based on these three key findings.

Download or read book A Survey of Parent Perceptions of Their Involvement in School written by Andrea L. Denger and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Education legislation has been enacted in the past 20 years to address the problem of low academic achievement and gaps in achievement between groups of students in schools today. One mandate of the legislation is for schools to implement and maintain strategies to increase parental involvement. Studies have proven that parental involvement often leads to increased academic achievement, lower absenteeism, and less behavioral issues. Ringenberg et al. (2005) created the Parents and Schools Survey (PASS) around the constructs of Epstein's (1992) preceptions of their involvement in those constructs at one elementary school in a Midwest school district. Findings included statistically significant differences in parents' perceptions in the areas of Decision-Making and Learning at Home. Barriers to involvement were also examined. -Abstract.

Download or read book The Perceptions of Effective Parental Involvement written by LaQuandra Sharone Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this qualitative case study was to explore effective parental involvement as perceived by third grade parents and teachers from a rural school district in South Carolina. While parental involvement has been linked to improvements in student outcomes, conflicting information exists on the type, level, form, and nature of effective parental involvement that produces specific desired results. Data collection consisted of face-to-face interviews and qualitative questionnaires with 11 parents and 10 teachers of third graders from two elementary schools in a single school district. The central research question emphasized how parents and teachers of third grade students from a rural school district within the Low country of South Carolina described effective parental involvement with the two secondary questions stressing the perceptions of the parents and teachers individually. Four primary themes emerged from this research aligned with three research questions: 1) interest in child's progress (100% parents; 90% teachers), 2) involvement in school functions (63% parents; 80% teachers), 3) communication (90% parents; 100% teachers), and 4) participation in volunteer activities (100% parents; 100% teachers). Implications from this research were : 1) schools/ teachers should be more aware of perceived barriers to effective parental involvement, 2) school budgets may need to be adjusted to incorporate more effective parental involvement, 3) train teachers in skills that help them engage parents professionally and the role of parents in the learning process and 4) the importance of keeping parents aware of opportunities to be involved and feeling welcomed and wanted in the school and classroom.

Download or read book Teachers Perception of Parental Involvement in Elementary Schools written by Veverly J. Holiwell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parent Perceptions of Parental Involvement in a Mid South Suburban School District written by Willie Carnell Williams and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the perceptions of parents on their role in involvement in their children's education and determined if there was a difference in parents' perception of parental engagement based on ethnicity. The data used in this study was taken in 2013 from a sample of parents of elementary (K - 5) and secondary (6 - 12) students in a mid-south suburban school district that consist of rural, urban and suburban schools. The following questions were researched in the dissertation: 1) What role does a parent's perception of child rearing values, goals, and expectations have when considering academic norms at school?; 2) What role does parent's reported actions and behaviors have in a child's day-to-day education?; 3) What role does parent's reported actions and behaviors related to major educational decisions have in the child's education?; and 4) Is there a significant difference in parents' perception of parental engagement based on ethnicity on the 33 individual items and across the four constructs? The responses to survey questions provided the answers for the research questions. Size of measurement and exploration of relationships through descriptive research, correlation research and group comparisons are emphasized in a quantitative viewpoint. Findings in this study are consistent with the argument that many parents are involved effectively in their children's education despite the consequences of cultural backgrounds and family circumstances. There is not a statistically significant difference found in parents' perception of parental involvement based on ethnicity on the 33 individual items and across the four constructs in the majority of the respondents. Considerable effort must be made to involve parents in their children's schooling, however; to best achieve this task, practitioners must explore parents' current understanding of parental involvement, how parents view what actions they are to take in regards to involvement and what are the expectations and perceived indicators of success of desired outcomes for that involvement. Further, practitioners should make the effort to understand the parents that they serve and convey to them that their opinions or suggestions are desired and important. To achieve such a phenomenon, parents must feel welcomed and valued as equal participants in their child's education.