Parents' Participation in Public Primary Schools in Botswana: Perceptions and Experiences of Headteachers

Autor/inn/en	Pansiri, Nkobi Owen; Bulawa, Philip
Titel	Parents' Participation in Public Primary Schools in Botswana: Perceptions and Experiences of Headteachers
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 6 (2013) 5, S.68-77 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Participation; Public Schools; Primary Education; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Questionnaires; Rural Areas; Parent Education; Boarding Schools; Parent Teacher Cooperation; School Community Relationship; Fees; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elternmitwirkung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Primarbereich; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Boarding school; Internat; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The idea of involving parents in the school system is universal and as old as the history and philosophy of education itself. This study investigated the public school headteachers' experiences and perceptions about the level of parental involvement in the public primary school system in Botswana. The theories guiding this study are that of Epstein's three spheres of influence and Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's model of three level construct. A quantitative design through a medium of a questionnaire for data collection was employed. Out of a total 745 headteachers of public or government primary schools, 63.4% responded to the questionnaire. An important result of the study is that there is minimal parental support especially in rural and remote areas and in boarding primary school system in Botswana. Three recommendations of this study are, the creation of a parent education programme, a policy for the support and participation of parents of children in boarding schools, and further research to tap on the voices of the parents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01