Homework, Homework Everywhere: Indian Parents' Involvement with Their Children's Homework

Autor/in	Thirumurthy, Vidya
Titel	Homework, Homework Everywhere: Indian Parents' Involvement with Their Children's Homework
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 90 (2014) 2, S.83-90 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
DOI	10.1080/00094056.2014.889497
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Homework; Parent Student Relationship; Middle Class; Working Class; Parent Participation; Parent Background; Educational Background; Cultural Background; Socioeconomic Background; Parent Role; Equal Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hausaufgabe; Mittelschicht; Arbeiterklasse; Elternmitwirkung; Elternhaus; Vorbildung; Sozioökonomische Lage; Parental role; Elternrolle; Indien
Abstract	Parents play a key role in children's academic success. In this article, the author describes a sample of India's middle- and working-class parents' involvement in children's academic activities and the nature of support they provide for their children. In each case, everyday activities at home, often replicating school-based activities, indicated the narrowing of the separation between school and home--in terms of pursuing both linguistic and content-specific skills. While parents' concern for their children's academic success was obvious in all cases, the nature of support they provided was wide-ranging--from intense and complex involvement to disassociated. The support parents provided was dependent on their educational, cultural, and socioeconomic background. The author's recommendations aim at achieving educational equity for learners coming from all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds in order to equip them with skills for the new millennium. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10