Participacion de los padres en las escuelas (Father Involvement in Schools). ERIC Digest.

Autor/in	Nord, Christine Winquist
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL.
Titel	Participacion de los padres en las escuelas (Father Involvement in Schools). ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1999), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	spanisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Environment; Father Attitudes; Fathers; Nuclear Family; One Parent Family; Parent Participation; Parent Role; Parent School Relationship; Parent Student Relationship; Performance Factors; National Household Education Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Familienmilieu; Kleinfamilie; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Elternmitwirkung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Leistungsindikator
Abstract	Until recently, fathers were the hidden parents in research on children's well-being. Research stimulated by the new interest in fathers suggests that fathers' involvement in their children's schools does make a difference in their children's education. Using data from the 1996 National Household Education Survey (NHES:96), this Digest looks at the extent of father involvement in two-parent and in single-parent families, explores the types of involvement, and discusses the link between fathers' involvement and kindergartners' through 12th-graders' school performance. Findings noted include the following: (1) fathers in two-parent families are less likely than mothers in two-parent families to be highly involved in their children's schools; (2) fathers and mothers who head single-parent families are virtually identical in their level of involvement, and it is quite similar to that of mothers in two-parent families; (3) fathers in two-parent families are more likely to attend school or class events or general school meetings than they are to attend parent-teacher conferences or to volunteer at their children's schools. Findings also indicated that in two-parent households, children are more likely to do well academically, to participate in extracurricular activities, and to enjoy school and are less likely to have ever repeated a grade or to have been suspended or expelled if their fathers have high as opposed to low involvement in their schools. This finding was also true in father-only households, allowing that children living in single-parent households are, on average, less successful in school and experience more behavior problems than children living in two-parent households. The Digest concludes by noting that the low participation of fathers in two-parent families offers schools an opportunity to increase overall parental involvement by targeting fathers, and that fathers can be a positive force in their children's education. (LPP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC