The need to strengthen the educative role of parents: Some implications drawn from educational productivity research

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Jeff Dorman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Home Learning Environment ◽  
Educational Productivity ◽  
Home Learning ◽  
Role Of Parents

This article considers the empirical results of educational productivity research conducted by a team of researchers from Australia and the United States in the mid 1980s. Based on nine factors identified by this research, three issues that highlight the important educative role of parents, namely, the quality of the home learning environment, homework support and monitoring television viewing are discussed.

scholarly journals The Role of Student’s Parent in Shaping Home Learning Environment (HLE) for Early Childhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1521-1535
Author(s):  
Pramesti Indah Kumalasari ◽  
Sugito Sugito
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Home Learning Environment ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Home Learning ◽  
Role Of Parents

This study aims to determine the role of parents in forming a Home Learning Environment (HLE) for early childhood in Trucuk, Klaten. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive methods and was carried out by purposive sampling. The research subjects were 5 parents who have children aged 3-4 years. Data collection techniques used were observation, interviews, and documentation techniques. Data analysis used was data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Based on the research that has been done, the role of parents in shaping HLE is seen when parents introduce new learning materials into the home through activities (playing, chatting and reading), preparing HLE according to children's needs and interests, offering various learning opportunities and providing learning experiences that are fun. With the role of parents in shaping HLE, it can be an early intervention program and direct children's activities to be more useful in reaching the next stage of development.

scholarly journals Parents’ and teachers’ perspectives on changes in childcare quality in the United States, Russia and Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Eeva Hujala ◽  
Janniina Vlasov ◽  
Tünde Szecsi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Childcare Quality ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Quality Of Childcare ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
Structural Aspects

<p>This article reports on the findings of a follow-up study, which examined parents’ and teachers’ perspectives regarding the quality of childcare for 3- to 5-year-old children in the United States, Russia and Finland between 1991 and 2011. The study aims to address a gap in early childhood education (ECE) research by examining how the quality of ECE has changed in international settings over the past decades, thus expanding comprehension of the diversity within the ECE phenomena and its culture-specific nature. With a focus on the quality of ECE, this study examines the parents’ and teachers’ perspectives on key elements of the implementation of ECE in childcare centres: programme structure, curriculum goals, the role of parents and teachers as partners in children’s lives, as well as children’s satisfaction with their childcare. The results indicate that there have been differences in ECE quality between the studied societies both in structural aspects as well as in process and effect factors in all data collection cohorts. It seems that ECE quality and the changes within it may be connected to ECE policy based on the societal values. The results suggest that to understand ECE and its pedagogy, one has to be aware of the value-laden cultural contexts in a society</p>

Quality of the home learning environment during preschool age – Domains and contextual conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Kluczniok ◽  
Simone Lehrl ◽  
Susanne Kuger ◽  
Hans-Guenther Rossbach
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Home Learning Environment ◽  
Home Learning

College Campus Sexual Assault: The Contribution of Peers’ Proabuse Informational Support and Attachments to Abusive Peers

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 922-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽  
Amanda Hall-Sanchez ◽  
James Nolan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
And Control

Since the mid-1980s, researchers across the United States have uncovered high rates of sexual assault among female college students. However, to advance a better understanding of this gendered type of victimization, and to both prevent and control this problem, the research community needs to identify its major correlates. One that is consistently uncovered in North American campus survey work is negative peer support, especially that provided by male peers. Yet, some earlier studies have found that mixed-sex negative peer support, too, contributes to campus sexual assault. Using recent data from the Campus Quality of Life Survey conducted at a large residential school in the South Atlantic region of the United States, the main objectives of this article are to examine the role of mixed-sex negative peer support in campus sexual assault and to identify the groups of women most at risk of having friends who offer such support.

Introduction to the Special Issue: Understanding the Direct Support Workforce in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-191
Author(s):  
Carol B. Laws ◽  
Amy S. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Full Inclusion ◽  
Direct Support ◽  
Direct Support Professionals ◽  
Increasing Demand

Abstract This special issue on the direct support workforce highlights the critical role of the direct support workforce in the quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States. Although there is increasing demand for this workforce, challenges in the recruitment, training, and retention of direct support professionals (DSPs) threatens the safety, health, and full inclusion of people with IDD living in the community. This special issue brings to the forefront current research to understand this workforce and their importance and to consider strategies to address the complex challenges facing DSPs so that people with disabilities can live and thrive in their communities.

scholarly journals The Role of Hospitable and Inhospitable States in the Process of Refugee Resettlement in the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Angelique Nolasco ◽  
Daniel Braaten
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Political Economic

Abstract Although the resettlement of refugees is always politically contentious in host countries, the current global refugee crisis has only magnified those contentions. In the United States and in many European countries, there has been a strong backlash against the resettlement of refugees—particularly those from Muslim-majority countries. However, within countries such as the United States, there are areas of the country that are more anti-refugee than others. The purpose of this article is to explore the variation in refugee resettlement across the 50 US states from 2002 to 2010. Refugee resettlement in the United States is done in conjunction with the federal government, religious and secular non-profits, and state governments. Some states are far more hospitable to refugee resettlement than others and this article explores the political, economic and social factors that influence the number of refugees resettled in each state. We find that states with a moralistic political culture resettle the most refugees but more liberal states do not resettle more refugees than conservative states. Also, states with a better quality of life resettle more refugees but so do states with higher poverty rates.

The long-term role of the home learning environment in shaping students’ academic attainment in secondary school

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pam Sammons ◽  
Katalin Toth ◽  
Kathy Sylva ◽  
Edward Melhuish ◽  
Iram Siraj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Academic Attainment ◽  
Home Learning Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Home Learning

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between the characteristics of the home learning environment (HLE) and students’ academic attainments in secondary school in England at age 14 and 16. Design/methodology/approach – This research study uses multilevel statistical models to investigate the strength and significance of relationships between various measures of the HLE at ages three, six, 11 and 14, and students’ academic attainment in secondary school. Findings – Multilevel models show that early years HLE and specific dimensions of later HLE are positive predictors of students’ later academic attainment at age 14 and 16, when the influence of various individual, family and neighbourhood characteristics are controlled. Originality/value – The paper presents unique findings on the role of the HLE in shaping students’ academic success at secondary school, including a range of measures of the HLE obtained at different ages. The results show that the early years HLE measured at age three continues to show effects on later attainment, over and beyond the effects of later HLE and other significant influences such as family socio-economic status and parents’ qualification levels.

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