scholarly journals An Assessment of Parental Involvement in Children’s Education: Opportunities for Quality Education in Primary Schools of Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
South Ethiopia ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education

Ideals and realities in the involvement of Filipino immigrant mothers in their children’s education in South Korea

Ethnicities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146879682110290
Author(s):  
Younghan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Language Barriers ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Multiple Challenges

Parental involvement in children’s education plays a crucial role in a child’s life. However, meaningful parental involvement is often a difficult task for immigrant parents because of multiple challenges such as limited resources and information, language barriers, and cultural differences. This article presents findings from qualitative research interviews on the involvement of Filipino immigrant mothers in their children’s education in South Korea. The results indicate that the immigrant parents take their children’s education seriously. They want to raise their children to be happy and successful, knowing that performing well in school is the key to a successful life as an adult, especially in a nation with a fervor for education. Like other parents, they are willing to devote themselves to their children above all else. Compared with previous studies, not many barriers to involvement were revealed in this study. Only two, language barriers and financial concerns, were expressed by all participants as obstacles to involvement in their children’s education. Yet, the true, hidden barrier is how the immigrant parents view their Korean proficiency. They over-emphasize the language barrier, which causes them to avoid conversations with others.

A liminal approach to parents in leadership positions in schools with students of high socioeconomic background in Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Audrey Addi-Raccah ◽  
Noa Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Parent Leaders ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Sociological Approaches

Purpose Parents’ collective involvement in their children’s education takes the form of holding leadership positions in schools. Employing the concept of liminality, which is used in anthropological and sociological approaches, the purpose of this paper is to explore the features of parent leadership in schools (PLS). Design/methodology/approach Interviews were conducted with 18 individuals: 11 chairpersons and 7 members of the parent leadership of 11 primary schools in Israel attended by students of high socioeconomic backgrounds. Findings Data analyses disclose PLS as a liminal framework, which constitutes both formal and informal dimensions, whether these be its in-school limited activities or out-of-school actions in introducing change and supporting the institutions. PLS’s functions are restricted by school principals, but simultaneously enhance school principals’ position. Practical implications The study’s findings carry implications for school collaboration with external entities. School principals need to support PLS and keep encouraging entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. There is a need for acknowledging the value of PLS’s contributions whereas policy makers must provide more guidelines and support to parent leaders. Originality/value The study focuses on exploring the position of collective parental involvement in schools. This issue is of significance in a time where parents gain more responsibility over their children’s education and schools support more collaborative relationships with external agencies. The study highlights the benefits of parents in leadership positions for school benefits and for school principals’ legitimacy, from the approach of liminality.

scholarly journals PARENTS INVOLVEMENT ON CHILDREN’S EDUCATION AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OMESURI, LEMBATA REGENCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ramadhan Jamhar ◽  
Sunu Hastuti
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
Learning At Home

This study was done to know the parents’ involvement on children’s education at elementary school in Omesuri, Lembata Regency. The aim of the study is to ascertain how does parental involvement on students elementary education. In this case study, a qualitative research was used. Data was gathered by interviewing parents of five differents elementary school in Omesuri, who all have children that have good achivement in academic. The study found that all participants are all highly involved with their children’s education. However, not all aspects the parents involved. There were three of six aspects that the parents involved, namely parenting, communication, and learning at home. While the other three aspects were not involved, namely volunteering, decision making, and collaborating with community. The study showed that parental involvement has positive effects on students’ academic achievement on Elementary Schools in Omesuri.

Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Children’s Education, by Andrea M. Nelson Royes

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
Warrick Lattibeaudiere
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Point Of Reference

For the most part, children who succeed in the educational system can attest to the role parental involvement has played in their success. While some families have reneged on their responsibility or have left it up to other units in society, it is an almost undeniable fact that families are the most important point of reference insofar as educating children is concerned. In this regard, Andrea M. Nelson-Royes’ book, Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Children’s Education underscores the critical role parents and families play in the life of children, and offers a range of suggestions as to how families can be helped to appreciate this role. The information contained therein seeks to empower parents and families and critically looks at the interplay between schools, children (disabled and normal) and families themselves.

Parental Perception Of Early Childhood Educational Involvement: Research Evidence Of The Mfanstiman District Of The Central Region Of Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 310-326
Author(s):  
Ahmed Jinapor ◽  
Naa Korkor Larbi-Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Parental Perception ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Educational Involvement ◽  
Children’S Education ◽  
Children Education

This study is a quantitative research hinged on the descriptive study paradigm where perspectives of selected parents of pupils at the early childhood level at the Anomabo Circuit “A” in the Mfantsiman Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana were sought on how parental involvement is shaped in their localities, the extent of their involvement in their children education, and challenges they confront in this direction. Using descriptive and inferential statistics such as means and standard deviations, findings from the study among others revealed that parents perceived the school as a place for teachers to be in charge; though the results that emanated from the study points to parent participants of this study being involved in their children’s education. On the issue of challenges that confronts parents in the involvement of their children’s education at the early childhood level, also an objective that informed the study, the results among others include; lack of financial resources, and time constraints and busy schedules. Again, as part of recommendations in the advancement of parental involvement at the early childhood level in Ghana, the study among others calls for robust education and prescription of how parents can and should be involved in their children education.

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