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Reading in class Going on trips Parents’ evenings
Parental involvement with children’s schooling
Helping with homework Keeping track of coursework
Parental engagement with children’s learning
Moral support Attitude toward learning Model, Guide Discussion
Parental engagement- involvement continuum
What is parental engagement and why does it matter?
• Research findings...
• Main sources:– EPPE– Desforges– EPRA– Save the Children– Best Practice Literature Review
EPPE (1997-2008) Findings
• The importance of home learning.– “For all children, the quality of the home learning
environment is more important for intellectual and social development than parental occupation, education or income”.
• “What parents do is more important than who parents are”
Desforges – what matters:
• Good parenting in the home:– Intellectual stimulation, parent-child discussion– Good models of constructive social and
educational values and high aspirations relating to personal fulfilment and good citizenship
• Contact and participation with schools
Parental engagement in ‘supporting learning in the home’ is the single most important changeable factor in student achievement.
Report just published by the Family and Parenting Institute found 54% of young people in the Midlands wished they could spend more time with their parents
Parents’ influence on student learning outcomes is greater than the school influence
“Your parents are your main influence, really – if they don’t care about it, you don’t take as much of an interest in it”
Student
Parental engagement positively affects student behaviour.
• “If your parents had nothing to do with school you could skip your lessons and nobody will be bothered…” Student
• “It’s great when my teacher is pleased with me, Miss, but ... Your dad’s your DAD!” Student
• “I’ll never forget me dad was proud of me” Student
REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICE IN PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT
• Reviews research-based interventions – what has been proved to work, where, when, how and with whom
Has three main themes• Home school links
• Support and training for parents
• Family and Community based interventions
• Includes parental engagement strategy
• Includes practitioner-aimed “pull out” section – Doesn’t cite the research– Just says what works
Increasing Parental Engagement in the home
• Is different for every school, every EY setting, and every cohort of parents
• These are the basic principles
• Adapt, adapt, adapt!
Helping families support their children’s success at school• http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54
_10006.htm
Intended for schools and parents
Available as an ebook:http://ebooks.continuumbooks.com/BookStore/pagedisplay.do?genre=book&pub=continuum&id=9781855395831&page=S-17&expTOC=Y