scholarly journals Can the Families Connect programme, which supports parents and children to learn together, improve children’s learning at school and in the home?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pippa Lord ◽  
Christine Bradley ◽  
Aideen Gildea ◽  
Ben Styles
2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fraser Lauchlan

Dynamic assessment is increasingly being used by educational psychologists around the world and is largely seen as a valuable approach to assessing children and providing useful classroom suggestions to help teachers working with children who have learning difficulties. However, a common complaint about the approach is the difficulty in moving from theory to practice, and in particular how to feedback the results of a dynamic assessment to teaching staff, parents, and children in order to provide an effective programme of intervention. This article provides some background to a practical resource created by two practising educational psychologists who have developed a framework on how to put dynamic assessment into practice that has the potential to make meaningful gains in children's learning.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sobel ◽  
Susan Letourneau ◽  
Cristine Legare ◽  
Maureen Callanan

Play is critical for children’s learning, but there is significant disagreement over whether and how parents should guide children’s play. In an observational study of parent-child interaction and children’s learning, parents and 4- to 7-year-old children in the U.S. (N = 111 dyads) played together at an interactive electric circuit exhibit in a children’s museum. We examined how parents and children set and accomplished goals while playing with the exhibit. Children then participated in a set of challenges that involved completing increasingly difficult circuits. Children whose parents set goals for their interactions showed less engagement with the challenge task (choosing to attempt fewer challenges), and children whose parents were more active in completing the circuits while families played with the exhibit subsequently completed fewer challenges on their own. We discuss these results in light of broader findings on the role of parent-child interaction in museum settings.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Harry Ferdinand Mone

Tujuan yang dicapai pada penelitan ini mendeskripsikan: 1.) Dampak perceraian orang tua terhadap perkembangan psikososial anak; 2.) Dampak perceraian orang tua terhadap prestasi belajar anak; 3.) Langkah-langkah pemulihan perkembangan psikososial anak akibat perceraian orang tua; dan 4) langkah-langkah pemulihan prestasi belajar anak akibat perceraian orang tua. Penelitian ini berlokasi di kecamatan Oebobo, kota Kupang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan fenomenologi dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah pasangan yang bercerai dengan orang, keluarga, tetangga, anak, dan guru wali kelas, yang berjumlah 35 orang. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh: 1.) Perceraian (cerai hidup) membawa dampak yang negatif terhadap perkembangan psikososial dan prestasi belajar anak; 2.) Emosi atau perasaan anak sangat mempengaruhi aktivitas belajar di sekolah maupun di rumah, baik perasaan sedih, gembira, aman, marah, cemas, takut dan lain sebagainya; 3.) Adanya komunikasi antara orang tua dan anak setelah bercerai memperkecil pengaruh negatif dari perceraian. Kasih sayang dari keluarga kedua belah pihak dan bantuan guru dalam mengasuh anak korban perceraian di rumah dan sekolah, membuat anak kuat dan tegar menghadapi masalah keluarganya; dan 4.) Langkah pemulihan prestasi belajar yakni bersifat mendidik, misalnya memberikan pujian, hadiah, dan lain sebagainya yang mengandung nilai edukatif. AbstractThe objectives achieved on this research describe: 1.) The impact of divorce of parents to the psychosocial development of children; 2.) The impact of divorce of parents on children's learning achievement; 3.) The measures of recovery of child psychosocial development due to divorce Parents; and 4.) The steps of recovering children's learning achievement due to parents ' divorce. Research data and located in Oebobo sub-district Kupang. This study uses phenomenological approaches using qualitative descriptive methods. The subject in this study was a couple who divorced people, a family, a neighbor, the child, and a homeroom teacher, whom It amounted to 35 people. Results of research obtained; Divorce (divorced) carries a negative impact on psychosocial development and child learning achievement. Emotions or feelings of children significantly affect the learning activities at school or home, whether feeling sad, joyful, safe, angry, anxious, afraid, and so on. The communication between parents and children after divorce minimized the negative influence of divorce. The affection of the family both sides and the help of teachers in caring for the child's divorce victims at home and school, making the child active and rigid facing his family problem. The steps of learning achievement are educational, such as giving praise, gifts, and others that contain an educative value.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-267
Author(s):  
Durotunnisa ◽  
Nur Eka Wahyuningsih Riyadi

Islam views that the first education carried out is family education. The educational situation is realized thanks to the association and the relationship of mutual influence between parents and children. Allah swt gives a lot of descriptions of how parents should educate their children in the Qur'an, which in general education must be based on love for children. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of parents in children's education is even greater at home. Because learning that is carried out online, either through zoom meetings, classroom, google meet, whatsapp and other applications, limits the monitoring or supervision of teachers on children's learning activities, this task is now the responsibility of parents. Many cases occur in online learning, especially the problem of children's interest in learning which generally shows poor results. This can be seen from the lack of attention of children in the tasks given by the teacher, slow in collecting until they do not do the task, children are lazy in following the learning process and so on. Regarding this problem, the author sees that the role of parents is very important in increasing children's interest in learning, namely by implementing effective communication both verbally and non-verbally, by always providing advice, motivation, encouragement and education about the importance of learning even though it is only done online. Through this, it is hoped that there will be an increase in children's interest in learning so that children's learning achieves better and maximum results.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-200
Author(s):  
Sara Mori ◽  
Silvia Panzavolta ◽  
Alessia Rosa

This paper presents the analysis of the data from the International Covid-19 Impact on Parental Engagement Study (ICIPES) 2020, an international survey investigating the ways in which parents and caregivers were able to build capacity to engage with children’s learning during the period of social distancing arising from the global Covid-19 pandemic. The survey was coordinated by the University of Bath and involved 23 partner countries, among which the “IUL- Italian University Line” representing Italy. The domains investigated were parental engagement; school support for parents and children; home-schooling and family life balance, and confidence in the use of technology. The pandemic has shown several obstacles that families had to face daily in their attempt to educate their children, especially in a period where no previous models could be taken as a reference point. Therefore, it represents a unique historical opportunity for researchers and policymakers to understand all the lessons learnt from this global emergency and work closely with families, to support them inengaging with children’s learning. The Authors of this contributions, as well as the other partners worldwide, believe that school-family relations are far from being collaborative and supportive, especially in certain age levels, and that much needs to be done to co-design learning opportunities bearing in mind a more ecological vision, with formal, informal and non-formal learning occasions be intertwined and interconnected. In sight of the abovementioned framework, the analysis shown in this paper focuses on the Italian data set.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Jane Gresia Akollo ◽  
Meike Elsa Toisuta

AbstrackIn children learning process that is conducted from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, parents must function as “teachers”.  As the 'teachers', parents must prepare themselves, starting from reading books, participating in webinars, following learning videos or videos of children's creativity activities in order to nourish their intellectuals with various information and knowledge.  This study employs a qualitative approach with a case study method on 10 parents (father or mother) who had early childhood (5-6 years) at PAUD Rafflesia Arnolis, Kayu Tiga, Soya Village Ambon City. The data were obtained through interviews and documentation. The result of this study reveal some foms of parental involvement namely there is a communication between parents and teacher, accompany and help children learn as well as privide learning facilities. In addition, there are several positive things created between parents and children, such as the closeness of parents and children, parents can follow and know about children's learning development and parents are enriched intellectually and creatively while being 'teachers' for children at home. The benefit of the research is that the parents realize how important it is for them to be involved in their childrens' learning process and recognize the forms of involvement. Thus, parents can improve the quality and intensity of their children's learning involvement at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.Keywords: parental involvement, early childhood, learning from home


Author(s):  
Leslie Lewis

Through their experiences in OC classrooms, parents become learners themselves and transform their way of thinking about how children learn and develop. The parents’ learning is an important resource for the children’s classroom learning, and it also extends the impact of the OC philosophy from classrooms to homes. Because parents and children share in learning at school, the philosophy and practices become part of many families’ home life. Before our family found the OC, I had been volunteering in my daughter’s kindergarten in her previous school—cutting, laminating, filing, and trying to stay out of the way. It didn’t take long to realize that the teacher (nice though she was) saw a clear distinction between home and school. She tolerated me, but neither of us had a clear idea how I could best help in the classroom. I wasn’t interacting with the children at all. Even when the teacher left the classroom for 15 or 20 minutes to deal with behavior problems, she didn’t ask me to take charge; the children were on their own. When a friend and I went to observe the OC, I was impressed that the co-opers and the teacher were focused and collaborative and supportive. Soon after this we joined the OC. I was motivated to help my daughter learn, like most parents in the OC, but I had a lot to learn myself about how I and other adults can help children learn. Initially, the only thing that made the OC more valuable to my family than the neighborhood school was the parental involvement—I could know what was going on in the classroom as well as being acquainted with the children and adults in my child’s life. As to other aspects of education at the OC, such as problem solving and building curriculum around children’s interests—I knew nothing about them and did not know what to expect. My children’s education has become one of the biggest educational experiences of my life. Some of my most important “lessons” were how children can solve problems and how adults can support this, how teaching can be integrated around children’s interests, and how adult flexibility supports children’s learning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Wardatul Asfiyah

The process of interaction between parents and children includes activities such as educating, maintaining, protecting and directing children's behavior. During development, children learn from their parents. Parents teach various things to their children ranging from talking, walking and so forth. This article aims to describe parenting patterns in motivating children's learning. The method used in this paper is the library research method. The results of this study indicate that the motivation of children will be good if the parenting is done by good parents. The better parenting that parents do, the better the child's motivation to learn. Authoritative parenting (parenting that really gives attention to their children) becomes one of good parenting in fostering children's learning motivation than other parenting.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
S Bekti Istiyanto ◽  
Ragil Yusasi

Learning is the need of every human being. By studying then humans can find the ease or solution to the problems it faces. Nowadays learning is not necessarily in formal places like school, but developing with the independent learning process that can take place anywhere. Therefore self-learning requires encouragement to be able to maintain continuity. This is where the role of family communication is considered very important in maintaining the independence of learning children who choose to learn not in formal places or homeschooling. This study used a qualitative approach with informants selected purposively from families that carry out self-learning process for their children. Data collection using observation techniques, in-depth interviews and literature review. The results showed that: family communication is a major basis for the implementation of children's learning process. The more harmonious family communication that is established, the better the independent learning process will be done by their children. Family harmony factors also foster closeness between parents and children; Family communication used in fostering children's learning interest in the early learning process is more applying the process of modeling or imitation; The form of communication applied in an independent learning process that adopts from the Rumah Inspirasi model is a type of primary and circular communication pattern. Primary communication pattern is done in the form of daily conversation in the education process. While the pattern of circular communication by encouraging the child to ask more questions, open out what is in the minds of children so that children have the courage to speak.


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