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Book Synopsis African American Parents' Perceptions of Preferred School Activities for Parental Involvement by : Cynthia G. Lawson
Download or read book African American Parents' Perceptions of Preferred School Activities for Parental Involvement written by Cynthia G. Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Qualitative Study of African-American Parents’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement by : Justin R. Larmie
Download or read book A Qualitative Study of African-American Parents’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement written by Justin R. Larmie and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improved academic performance, among many other factors, has been linked in the research to parental involvement. Unfortunately, many view African-American parents as uninvolved because of the activities in which they choose to participate. This study is a narratological case study that examines the perceptions of African-American parents in regard to parental involvement. The initial research question was: What are the perceptions of parents regarding their involvement in schools? The three sub-questions that were used to help answer this were: (1) How do parents define involvement? (2) What are their experiences with parental involvement? and (3) How do teachers involve parents with their child’s school? Parental perceptions of parental involvement were analyzed using qualitative measures. The participants of this study were all African-American – four females and one male. This research study involved the study of parents’ perceptions by collecting data sources in the form of face-to-face interviews, written narratives, and a brief focus group. The findings of the research study imply that the definition of parental involvement lacks consideration of various ethnicities. Non-African-American parents might perceive African-American parents as uninvolved or disassociated with the learning of their children, while in reality, the tool by which parents are measured is inadequate. This suggests that school systems should invest time in providing professional development in better understanding how one’s lived experiences can shape one’s own truths and work to understand the perspective of parents of color .
Book Synopsis Parental Involvement in Schools by : Kristen Waters Guetschow
Download or read book Parental Involvement in Schools written by Kristen Waters Guetschow and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unique Challenges in Urban Schools by : Eric R. Jackson
Download or read book Unique Challenges in Urban Schools written by Eric R. Jackson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is based on the notions that: 1) parent involvement in inner city schools present unique challenges that are different from the traditional middle class perspective; 2) there is value in a cooperative approach between parents, teachers, and administrators that places the student at the center of each major discussion and decision; and 3) illustrates that parental involvement is a real perspective and not just rhetorical jargon. Although the focus of this book is in increasing parent involvement in inner city schools, readers must be mindful that the ultimate objective for this work and others like it is the successful educating of all children, so that they graduate from high school, and move into higher education, or into the workforce. Parent involvement by itself will not ensure academic success of children, but, combined with many strategies, including a clear understanding of the differences between an inner city school environment and a middle class school setting, effective teaching, sound and relevant curricula, safe and secure learning environment, and visionary leadership, children attending inner city schools can be just as effective as those in middle class school settings.
Book Synopsis Perceptions of School Receptivity as a Predictor of African American Parent Involvement in Elementary School Grades by : Tiffany D. Sanders
Download or read book Perceptions of School Receptivity as a Predictor of African American Parent Involvement in Elementary School Grades written by Tiffany D. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Despite an emphasis on the benefits of parental involvement and implementing strategies to promote increased involvement among diverse ethnic groups, educators remain perplexed by low levels of African American parent involvement. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which school receptivity, as characterized by school climate, cultural sensitivity, and quality of communication, predicts African American parent involvement and parent satisfaction related to their child's education. A total of 339 parents of elementary school students completed the School Receptivity Questionnaire that was developed and empirically validated using confirmatory factor analyses. Findings from the present study did not indicate significant differences in reported parent involvement base on race. The lack of significant finding based on race may be related to a long history of African American parents' active involvement in their child's education. Results demonstrated there were significant differences in parent involvement in relation to income; low income parents reported lower levels of parental involvement when compared with middle income parents. School climate, cultural sensitivity, and quality of communication separately predicted African American parent involvement and satisfaction in their child's education. Notably, among the school receptivity variables, quality of communication was the strongest predictor of parent involvement and parent satisfaction.
Book Synopsis Parent Involvement in Education and College Planning for African American High School Students by : Jennifer Threlfall
Download or read book Parent Involvement in Education and College Planning for African American High School Students written by Jennifer Threlfall and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parent involvement is critical for students' success in high school and in accessing college, especially in low-income and minority families. However, many schools have failed to engage low-income African American parents, thereby contributing to a popular narrative of uninvolved and uninterested parents. Traditional models of parent involvement have favored a narrow range of activities undertaken by white and middle class families and do not account for the wider social and cultural context in which parenting occurs. The purpose of this qualitative study was therefore to investigate (1) caregiver and adolescent perceptions of parent involvement in education and college planning for African American high school students, (2) barriers to involvement and resources that are drawn on, and (3) how perceptions of involvement might differ according to gender and family composition. The ultimate goal was to form a culturally and developmentally appropriate conceptualization of parent involvement in education and college planning for low-income African American high school students living in urban communities. In depth interviews were conducted with 24 caregivers and 23 students recruited through a community based college access program. Data was analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Caregivers engaged in many activities that are included in traditional models: parents supported their children's learning at school, at home, and in the community, they built their children's motivation, and they laid a foundation on which learning could occur. Other types of involvement arose from the context in which the participants lived: parents navigated complex systems to gain access to particular schools and they taught their children how to confront discrimination. Barriers to involvement included lack of systemic knowledge, isolation in certain schools, stereotypes of African American families, developmental needs of the child, and time and money. Resources that caregivers drew from included extended family and friends, professional help, religious faith, self-reliance, and familial knowledge. Parent involvement different by gender principally in terms of racial socialization. The complexity and fluidity of the families in which the students lived made patterns of involvement according to family composition more difficult to discern. A conceptualization of parent involvement that incorporates these themes in addition to the individual and societal context is presented. Implications for social work research and practice are discussed.
Book Synopsis At Risk "parent and Family" School Involvement by : Gary L. Reglin
Download or read book At Risk "parent and Family" School Involvement written by Gary L. Reglin and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1993 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Colour of Class by : Nicola Rollock
Download or read book The Colour of Class written by Nicola Rollock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do race and class intersect to shape the identities and experiences of Black middle-class parents and their children? What are Black middle-class parents’ strategies for supporting their children through school? What role do the educational histories of Black middle-class parents play in their decision-making about their children’s education? There is now an extensive body of research on the educational strategies of the white middle classes but a silence exists around the emergence of the Black middle classes and their experiences, priorities, and actions in relation to education. This book focuses on middle-class families of Black Caribbean heritage. Drawing on rich qualitative data from nearly 80 in-depth interviews with Black Caribbean middle-class parents, the internationally renowned contributors reveal how these parents attempt to navigate their children successfully through the school system, and defend them against low expectations and other manifestations of discrimination. Chapters identify when, how and to what extent parents deploy the financial, cultural and social resources available to them as professional, middle class individuals in support of their children’s academic success and emotional well-being. The book sheds light on the complex, and relatively neglected relations, between race, social class and education, and in addition, poses wider questions about the experiences of social mobility, and the intersection of race and class in forming the identity of the parents and their children. The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes will appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates on education, sociology and social policy courses, as well as academics with an interest in Critical Race Theory and Bourdieu. The Colour of Class was awarded 2nd prize by the Society for Educational Studies: Book Prize 2016.
Book Synopsis An Exploratory Study of African American Parents' Perceptions on Individualizing School Involvement by : Vivian G. Stith-Williams
Download or read book An Exploratory Study of African American Parents' Perceptions on Individualizing School Involvement written by Vivian G. Stith-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis African American Parent Involvement in Middle School by : Tammi S. Mitchell
Download or read book African American Parent Involvement in Middle School written by Tammi S. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society by : Nancy Feyl Chavkin
Download or read book Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society written by Nancy Feyl Chavkin and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-02-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research identifies increased parent involvement in education as a promising method to bolster student achievement. Statistics show that while many traditional white, middle class families have found ways to be involved with their children's schooling, our nation now needs to find ways to include more minority parents in their children's education. Most educators and parents would agree that minority parent involvement in education is essential; the mechanics of developing sensitive, realistic, and workable home-school relationships are more elusive. It requires a concerted effort by all involved to understand more about the complex parent-school relationship and to develop specific plans to help families. This comprehensive volume features substantial material from the nation's most renowned research projects on parent involvement—Stanford University's Center for the Study of Families, Children and Youth, the Johns Hopkins University's Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, and the National Catholic Education Association. In addition to a section on research, the book includes a section on practice that presents research-tested strategies on working with minority parents (Asian, American Indian, Hispanic, African American, and other minority groups). The book concludes with a section on future challenges that educators must confront and appendices on promising national programs and helpful resource materials.
Book Synopsis Black Parents at Predominantly White Schools by : Candice Rae Burke
Download or read book Black Parents at Predominantly White Schools written by Candice Rae Burke and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploratory study was conducted in order to examine the experiences of Black parents with parent involvement at predominantly White schools. Eleven interviews with Black parents were completed and analyzed qualitatively using the grounded theory approach (Corbin & Strauss, 2008) and the case study method (Yin, 2009). Parental involvement has been identified as a factor that influences student academic outcomes from preschool through high school (Henderson & Berla, 1994). Research has found Black families are more likely to be involved at home when compared to White families; however, White families are more likely to be involved at school when compared to Black families (Eccles & Harold, 1996). Since research on African American families has centered on families at racially segregated public schools, there has been little investigation of the experiences of Black families in predominantly White school settings. Given the historical context of the education of Blacks in America and parent concerns with the social and emotional development of their children within school settings, African American families at predominantly White schools may engage in parent involvement practices that do not follow the traditional framework of parent involvement accepted by schools and researched in the literature. This study revealed several themes connected to African American parent involvement at predominantly White schools. These themes were the importance of education, cross-racial tensions, parent self-efficacy, biculturalism and cultural competence. Implications for future research were discussed. Recommendations were made for Black parents, educators, school counseling personnel and school-sponsored parent organizations regarding the improvement of Black parent involvement in activities and programs at predominantly White schools.
Book Synopsis Closing the Family Involvement Gap of African American Parents in Northland by : Hedy Lemar Walls
Download or read book Closing the Family Involvement Gap of African American Parents in Northland written by Hedy Lemar Walls and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study that examines the relationship between the beliefs and the perceptions of African American parents of elementary and middle-school students regarding how their children's schools engaged them, and how they chose to be involved in their children's schools. Six typologies of family involvement were examined: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with the community. Survey data were collected from three kindergarten- to eighth-grade schools located in a large Midwestern community. The African American families of both elementary and middle grade students indicated they were most engaged by the school through communications. Elementary-grade families chose to be most involved through communications, and middle-grade families chose to be most involved through volunteer activities.
Book Synopsis الحركة الأدبية والثقافية في منطقة جازان خلال عهد خادم الحرمين الشريفين by :
Download or read book الحركة الأدبية والثقافية في منطقة جازان خلال عهد خادم الحرمين الشريفين written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Outside the Realm by : Deborah Watson-Hill
Download or read book Outside the Realm written by Deborah Watson-Hill and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study explores the experiences of African American parents and how they support their children's education inside and outside the school realm. More specifically, the study examines African American parents' level of involvement or engagement in their children's education and the impact this has upon their children. In this study, parent involvement refers to school-sanctioned, school-authored activities in which parents participate. Parent engagement refers to those activities that parents arrange for themselves and their self-directed, relational interactions with school personnel. relational interactions with school personnel. Moreover, parent involvement and parent engagement are not used interchangeably but as distinct terms. The participants in this study are African American parents whose children attend a tutoring center in the south suburbs of Chicago; they were selected on the basis of their involvement or engagement in their children's education. This study employed the ecologies of parental engagement and critical race theory as the theoretical frameworks. The ecology of parental engagement (EPE) offers a way to understand the interconnections between what parents engage in and how they manage to do so. Employing critical race theory (CRT) as a method allowed the use of storytelling; this captured each participant's reality as it related to parent involvement and parent engagement. One-on-one interviews, observations, and a focus group were used to identify the nature of parents' participation in their children's education. Parents in this study predominantly participated in the home and school environment; however, the majority of the families in this study felt they were more engaged than involved in their children's education.
Book Synopsis Parent Perceptions of Effective Parental Engagement Strategies in Low Socioeconomic African American Communities by : Earl Robert Lattimore
Download or read book Parent Perceptions of Effective Parental Engagement Strategies in Low Socioeconomic African American Communities written by Earl Robert Lattimore and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As twenty-first century educators search for ways to close the achievement gap in America's city schools, many critically observe the plight of the urban school where students drop out, parents appear to be uninvolved, and competent teachers seem to be a scarce commodity (de Carvalho, 2001; Kyle & McIntyre, 2000; Williams, 1996). For many African-American, low income and increasingly single parents, finding time and energy to help with homework, volunteer and communicate regularly with teachers is challenging when there is an immediate concern for making ends meet. Serious help is needed.
Book Synopsis The Relationships Between and Among Parental Involvement, School Culture, and Ethnicity by : Brandon J. Thurston
Download or read book The Relationships Between and Among Parental Involvement, School Culture, and Ethnicity written by Brandon J. Thurston and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievement gap between African American and White students is disturbing. Researchers argue that the lack of equal educational opportunities and the denial of basic human liberties have contributed to the achievement gap (Levine & Levine, 2014; Lindsay, 2011). Although case law has provided African Americans more comprehensive, equal educational opportunities and legalized their civil rights, the achievement gap persists. Parental involvement is a possible solution to address the gap given its positive impacts which include higher student academic achievement and less disruptive behaviors (Epstein 2007; Gonida & Cortina, 2014; Hill & Tyson, 2009; LeBel, Chafouleas, Britner, & Simonsen, 2013; Myers & Myers, 2015). Positive school culture has also been found to increase student achievement and is linked to less bullying among students. Although the literature does detail the positive effects of parental involvement and positive school culture, research relating the relationships between and among involvement, school culture, ethnicity, and barriers to involvement is limited. The primary purpose of this quantitative survey study was to determine if parents' perceptions of school culture were associated with their levels of involvement. Other purposes of this study were to determine if parent ethnicity was associated with their levels of parental involvement or self-reported barriers to involvement. The theoretical framework for this study was Epstein's (2001; 2010) model of parental involvement which details specific types of involvement: parenting, communication, volunteering, and learning in the home. Through statistical analysis, this study determined that parents' perceptions of school culture were associated with overall parental involvement, communication, learning at home. Although differences in the levels of parental involvement were observed, the parent education level variable accounted for this difference, not parent ethnicity. Conversely, the ethnicity variable was significant in accounting for the differences observed among ethnicity groups related to the number of self-reported barriers to involvement. In view of these findings, this researcher's conclusions, recommendations for practice, and suggestions for future research are included in this report.
