ERIC Number: ED612191
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec-7
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
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Working with Parents to Support Children's Learning. Guidance Report
van Poortvliet, Matthew; Axford, Nick; Lloyd, Jenny
Education Endowment Foundation
This EEF guidance report reviews the best available research to offer schools and teachers four recommendations to support parental engagement in children's learning. Parents play a crucial role in supporting their children's learning, and levels of parental engagement are consistently associated with better academic outcomes. Evidence from our Teaching and Learning Toolkit suggests that effective parental engagement can lead to learning gains of +3 months over the course of a year. Yet it can be difficult to involve all parents in ways that support children's learning, especially if parents' own experiences of school weren't positive. This is why we've produced this guidance report, designed to support primary and secondary schools to work with parents -- particularly those from disadvantaged homes. It offers four clear and actionable recommendations which we hope will support an evidence-informed approach. [For the related evidence review, "How Can Schools Support Parents' Engagement in Their Children's Learning? Evidence from Research and Practice," see ED612190.]
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles, School Role, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication, Homework, Family Environment, Participative Decision Making, Faculty Development, Progress Monitoring, Language Skills, Student Needs, Literacy Education, Barriers, Home Visits
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Parents; Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (United Kingdom)
Authoring Institution: Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) (United Kingdom)
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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