Parent Involvement in Education in Terms of Their Socio-Economic Status
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Problem
Statement:
Increasing the quality of education and educating well-qualified
students is one of the most important objectives of formal education. Informal
resources are as important as formal resources in improving this efficiency and
productivity. In this respect, it can be said that family is the most important
informal structure affecting the education of the child. In order to evaluate
the involvement of family in education, various ways of categorizing have been
implemented. One of these systems provides six categories in parental involvement,
which are parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision
making and collaborating with the community. Whilst the meaning and
significance of parental involvement is the starting point of this study, determining
the level of involvement of the families in the educational activities at
schools in terms of their socio-economic status is the main purpose of this
study. Considering
the fact that research on parental involvement in schools in terms of the socio-economic
status of parents is scarce, the present study may serve as an important data
source for researchers and policy makers in regard to comparing the effects of this
involvement.
Purpose
of the Study: The purpose of this study
is to examine the viewpoints of administrators, teachers and parents on
involvement of the families in the process of education in terms of
socio-economic status in public and private primary and secondary schools.
Method: Interview and document analysis methods, which are both qualitative
research methods, were used in the study. The study group was 11 teachers, four
administrators working at public and private primary and secondary schools in
Mugla and six parents. The data were collected through semi-structured
interview methods. In addition, the documents related to the involvement of
parents to education were analysed—school newspapers, the announcements, news
and the activities section of the schools’ Web pages. In analysing the data
collected in this study, the NVivo8 package program and the descriptive
analysis technique were used. The findings are presented with a descriptive
analysis method.
Findings:
The results of the study indicate that parents from different
socio-economic backgrounds do not have very different ideas about the process
of involvement in the process of education. However, because school-family
interaction in public schools and the trainings on parenting are not very
systematic even if socio-economic status is high, the interaction is not at a
desired level. The reasons parents communicate with the schools were found to
be to evaluate student’s academic success and personal development. Both in
public and private schools, involvement of parents in the decisions was in the
form of asking parents their ideas. It was found that parents having a good
socio-economic status were more willing and active in the procedure of
participating in the process of education.
Conclusion and Recommendations: In order to
increase parent involvement in education, the guidance services at schools
should be used more functionally. For example, needs analysis towards
determining the needs of the parents and the students in their school life
should be made, and based on the results of the analysis, programmes to support
parent involvement in education should be prepared.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 66