Parents’ Perceptions of School Climate and Parent Involvement in terms of Education Levels of Parents and Grade of Their Children

Abstract

School climate and parent involvement are important concepts for schools and positive educational outcomes and are closely related to each other. To illustrate, schools with open climate may increase parent involvement in the school. According to Bio-ecological Theory which is the theoretical framework of the current study, children are influenced by interaction among school, family and community. This interaction leads to both learning and psychological, social, and emotional development of children. The aim of this study is to explore effect of education level of parent and grade of student on perceptions of school climate and parent involvement. The design of the study is causal comparative research. The participants of the study were primary and middle school parents in Ankara. Data gathered from 1325 parents were analyzed in two-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). The results of the analyses showed that parent perception of school climate and parent involvement differed by education level of the parents and grade level of their children. Parents who have elementary degree and have a child in primary school perceive that they are more involved in schooling than those who have high school degree and have a child in primary school.

Keywords

• School climate,healthy school,parent involvement,school-family partnership,parent-teacher association

Velilerin Okul İklimi ve Veli Katılımı Algılarının Velilerin Eğitim Durumu ve Çocuklarının Öğrenim Kademesine Göre İncelenmesi

Abstract

Okul iklimi ve veli katılımı okullar ve olumlu eğitim çıktıları için önemli kavramlar olup birbirleriyle yakından ilişkilidir. Örneğin, açık iklimli bir okul veli katılımını artırabilir. Bu çalışmanın kuramsal çerçevesini oluşturan biyoekolojik teoriye göre çocuklar; okul, aile ve çevre arasındaki etkileşimden etkilenmektedir. Bu etkileşim, çocukların hem öğrenmelerine hem de psikolojik, sosyal ve duygusal gelişimlerine yön vermektedir. Çalışmanın amacı velilerin eğitim durumu ile çocuklarının öğrenim kademesinin velilerin okul iklimi ve veli katılımı algısına etkisini araştırmaktır. Araştırma deseni nedensel karşılaştırma olup çalışmanın katılımcıları Ankara’daki ilk ve ortaokul velileridir. 1325 veliden toplanan veriler iki yönlü çok değişkenli varyans analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Çalışma sonuçlarına göre velilerin eğitim düzeyi ve çocuklarının öğrenim kademesi; velilerin okul iklimi ve veli katılımı algısını etkilemektedir. Çocukları ilkokulda okuyan ilköğretim mezunu olan veliler, çocukları ilkokulda okuyan lise mezunu velilere göre okula daha fazla katılım sağladıklarını düşünmektedirler.

Keywords

• okul iklimi,sağlıklı okul,veli katılımı,okul-çevre işbirliği,okul-aile birliği

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