Parental Influences on Postsecondary Decision Making: Evidence From a Text Messaging Experiment

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Castleman ◽  
Lindsay C. Page
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
College Enrollment ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Children’S Education

Research increasingly points to the importance of parental engagement in children’s education. Yet, little research has investigated whether prompting parents to be more involved in college processes improves student outcomes. We investigate experimentally whether providing both students and their parents with personalized outreach about tasks students need to complete to enroll in college leads to improved college enrollment outcomes relative to providing outreach to students only. We utilize text messaging to provide information and advising to students and parents. Across treatment arms, the text outreach increased on-time college enrollment by a statistically significant 3.1 percentage points. Texting both parents and students, however, did not increase the efficacy of the outreach. We situate this result in the broader parental engagement literature.

Let’s Spend Time Together: Text Messaging Parents to Help Math-Anxious Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-212
Author(s):  
Macarena Santana ◽  
Miguel Nussbaum ◽  
Susana Claro ◽  
Sebastián Piza ◽  
Patricia Imbarack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Anxiety ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
The Other ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Mathematics Tests ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Children’S Anxiety ◽  
Time Required ◽  
To Receive

Even when parents have the time required to support their children’s education, they can increase their children’s anxiety about school when they try to help, especially if they are not confident in their own abilities. This study measures the effects of having parents complete nonacademic schoolwork with their teenage children. Half of the 422 participating parents were randomly assigned to receive weekly assignments for nonacademic activities to complete with their children, whereas the other half received information about upcoming mathematics tests. Mathematics-anxious students benefited from working on the nonacademic assignments, performing significantly better on their mathematics tests and decreasing their mathematics anxiety after treatment. These findings highlight the importance of involving parents in ways that feel nonthreatening to their children.

scholarly journals Saudi Parents' Involvement in Children's Education during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Dalal Bahanshal
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Almost All

The flare-up of coronavirus has reportedly put on many changes and wrecked chaos in almost all life aspects, economically, academically, and socially. School closure has led to homeschooling, where the responsibility of children's education was laid mainly in the parents' hands. Consequently, many parents were compelled to be significantly involved in their children's education. However, full parental engagement in children's education is seemed to be a comparatively new trend amongst Saudi parents. Drawing from existing literature on parents' involvement, this paper used a quantitative descriptive study through a survey method to access the experience of Saudi parents involved in homeschooling. A purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 51 Saudi parents.The findings showed that even though Saudi parents have encountered some challenges, they are facilitating their children's learning and assisting them throughout the online learning process. Parents' support was identified in different areas such as ensuring students' attendance of online sessions, nurturing a good session flow, connecting with teachers and parents via WhatsApp group, and taking full responsibility for mongering their children during exams. The result provided a comprehensive set of recommendations not only to parents but also to schools to consolidate a good connection between especially in times of crisis. It is envisaged that the results of this study will enrich the literature about this phenomenon which seems relatively new not only in the context where this study was situated but worldwide due to the pandemic of coronavirus or other unforeseen circumstances. 

scholarly journals ONLINE LEARNING IN PANDEMIC - AN ANALYSIS OF PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE

YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 733-747
Author(s):  
Haritha B ◽  
◽  
Challapalli Praseeda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 1.6 billion children and youth to be out of school in 161 countries. The crisis has highlighted flaws in educational programs while also providing opportunities to reshape schooling. Climate change, technological disruptions, and globalized communication are all increasing the likelihood of such crises. These issues have given rise to doubts and debates regarding the dilution of the educational systems and dubiousness being felt by the parents regarding the same. As a result of the transition of homes into classrooms, parental engagement and parental involvement have emerged as major influencing factors of online education. As parents are the major stakeholders in the online educational format. They have always played an important role in their children's education. However, in the aftermath of the pandemic, the parent's position has shifted dramatically. Parents now bear a significant amount of responsibility for their children's education. This has given rise to conflicting emotions in the parents regarding the dilution of the education system and more importantly the onus of child’s education shifting to the parents thereby reducing the responsibility of the schools and teachers. Often parents have been heard expressing their resentment at the reconfigured roles and responsibilities caused by the shift. The present study intends to focus in their perspectives on online education. The present study attempts to understand the dilemma being faced by the parents.

Why Do Parents Become Involved in Their Children's Education? Implications for School Counselors

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1001400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan M.T. Walker ◽  
Susan S. Shenker ◽  
Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Teachers And Parents

This article discusses a theoretical model of the parental involvement process that addresses (a) why parents become involved in their children's education, (b) the forms their involvement takes, and (c) how their involvement influences both proximal (e.g., motivation) and distal (e.g., achievement) student outcomes. The authors describe how school counselors can use this model to enhance schools’ and parents’ capacities to engage parents effectively in children's education. Specifically, they articulate how school counselors can educate teachers and parents about the importance of teacher and school invitations to involvement, productive forms of involvement, and students’ active role in shaping their own educational outcomes. The authors briefly discuss future directions for research on parental involvement in the school counseling context.

scholarly journals Don't Buck It - Bend It

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
High Standard ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Main Body ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Key Players ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Busy Schedule

In many schools the school librarian works in isolation, has a very busy schedule and is often overlooked for budgeting, decision-making and day-to-day communications. This leads to many feeling a sense of powerlessness over their own situation and self worth as a professional, with seemingly little opportunity for change. This paper addresses these issues and expounds on why influence is important for school librarians to achieve their goals and aspirations to bring their libraries to the high standard they strive for. The main body includes practical strategies to slowly but surely increase the influence of school librarians with the principals and other staff so they can be recognized as key players in children’s education at their schools.

POLA PENDIDIKAN AGAMA DALAM KELUARGA JAMA’AH TABLIGH DI DESA BOLANG KECAMATAN DAYEUHLUHUR KABUPATEN CILACAP

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-298
Author(s):  
Kholid Mawardi ◽  
Cucu Nurzakiyah
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Special Study ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
The Village

The results of the study found that the responsibility of religious education of children in the family of Tablighi Jama'ah differed in terms of several conditions, namely first, when parents were not going to khuruj where both parents were responsible for children's education; secondly, when the father goes khuruj, then the mother is responsible for everything including children's education; third, when both parents go khuruj, then the responsibility of the child is left to other family members such as grandparents or their first adult children; and fourth, when the child goes to khuruj, where parents are responsible for children's religious education both mother and father. The pattern of the religious education in the Tablighi Jama'ah family in the village of Bolang is formed from several similarities held in the implementation of religious education, one of which is the daily activity that is carried out by the Tablighi Jama'at family. Al-Qur'an becomes one of the material given to children in the ta'lim. Children are taught how to read the Qur'an and memorize short letters such as Surat al-Falaq, al-Ikhlas, and so on. In addition to al-Qur'an, in this ta'lim there is a special study in the Tablighi Jama'ah, which is reading the book of fadhilah ‘amal, and the last is mudzakarah six characteristics.

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