Broadening the Myopic Vision of Parent Involvement

Autor/in	Ferrara, Margaret M.
Titel	Broadening the Myopic Vision of Parent Involvement
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 19 (2009) 2, S.123-142 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Surveys; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Attitude Measures; School Personnel; Educational Environment; Family Involvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Schulpersonal; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Parent involvement in schools--what do you believe about it? Disparate groups, like front office staff at a school, preservice teachers, teachers, school administrators, and parents respond quite differently to focus questions, which might include: What do you see as important aspects of parent involvement? What parents do you think would probably not want to be involved in parent involvement activities at the school? Do you know enough about parent involvement? Is it important to be informed anyway? Survey questions queried teachers, classified staff, parents, administrators, and preservice teachers on their perceptions of parent involvement. The purpose of this study was to unravel common threads within the data, which revealed a very narrow understanding of parent involvement. This narrow understanding needs to be broadened if, indeed, we ever want to see parent involvement as a systemic, important foundation for student learning. The study discloses that each group had a disparate view of what constitutes parent involvement. The least vocal group in this discussion is the parent; the most vocal is the teacher. The conclusion is that it is inherently important to provide training for preservice and current teachers to help broaden the often myopic vision of parent involvement. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10