Hornby, G. (2011). Parental Involvement in Childhood Education Building Effective School-Family Partnerships. New York, NY: Springer Science Business Media, LLC.
In this book, parental involvement is expressed as a positive factor in children’s education. The author expresses that research reveals that PI helps improve elementary, middle, and secondary students’ academic and behavioral results. The beginning chapters set an evidence-based foundation and blueprint for creating PI awareness. The author continues with a discussion in the gap by examining the literature and the reality of PI in schools and suggests that things such as professional, societal factors and institutional separate schools and parents. The author’s methods for assessing …show more content…
In addition, the study research described the benefits of home-school collaboration, explores issues related to current practices for involving Black families, and details specific strategies. Finally, the study gave recommendations for families and school personnel interested in utilizing engagement to boost academic achievement. The study surveyed 130 parents/guardians of Black K-12 students throughout the United States to identify the strategies and resources they use in engaging with their children’s education. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the strategies parents/guardians of Black school-age children employ to engage with their children’s education. This study addressed two questions: 1. In what ways do parents/guardians of Black students engage with their children’s education? 2. What resources do Black families use to build their capacity to stay engaged in their children’s education? Two theories were formed to examine the conceptual framework for this study: (a) the theory of multiple influences and (b) the theory of cultural reciprocity. A survey was used to explore the engagement of Black families with their children’s education. The survey contained questions from two scales of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Parent and School Survey (PASS). Survey responses indicate that parents spent significant amounts of time communicating with schools about how their children learned and what to do at home to improve their children’s learning. This study’s finding revealed that Black parents/guardians engaged in their children’s education in two major ways: by (a) helping with learning at home and (b) exposing their children to educational activities outside the school. This study provides good insights as to how and what parents considered to be techniques for providing involvement in their children’s
In this book, parental involvement is expressed as a positive factor in children’s education. The author expresses that research reveals that PI helps improve elementary, middle, and secondary students’ academic and behavioral results. The beginning chapters set an evidence-based foundation and blueprint for creating PI awareness. The author continues with a discussion in the gap by examining the literature and the reality of PI in schools and suggests that things such as professional, societal factors and institutional separate schools and parents. The author’s methods for assessing …show more content…
In addition, the study research described the benefits of home-school collaboration, explores issues related to current practices for involving Black families, and details specific strategies. Finally, the study gave recommendations for families and school personnel interested in utilizing engagement to boost academic achievement. The study surveyed 130 parents/guardians of Black K-12 students throughout the United States to identify the strategies and resources they use in engaging with their children’s education. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the strategies parents/guardians of Black school-age children employ to engage with their children’s education. This study addressed two questions: 1. In what ways do parents/guardians of Black students engage with their children’s education? 2. What resources do Black families use to build their capacity to stay engaged in their children’s education? Two theories were formed to examine the conceptual framework for this study: (a) the theory of multiple influences and (b) the theory of cultural reciprocity. A survey was used to explore the engagement of Black families with their children’s education. The survey contained questions from two scales of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Parent and School Survey (PASS). Survey responses indicate that parents spent significant amounts of time communicating with schools about how their children learned and what to do at home to improve their children’s learning. This study’s finding revealed that Black parents/guardians engaged in their children’s education in two major ways: by (a) helping with learning at home and (b) exposing their children to educational activities outside the school. This study provides good insights as to how and what parents considered to be techniques for providing involvement in their children’s