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School Efforts to Promote Parental Involvement: The Contributions of School Leaders and Teachers
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Yulianti, Kartika; Denessen, Eddie; Droop, Mienke; Veerman, Gert-Jan – Educational Studies, 2022
School leaders and teachers are two important agents within the school organisation to promote parental involvement. The aim of the study was to investigate how school leaders and teachers foster parents' involvement in their children's education. It was hypothesised that both transformational school leadership for the support of parental…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Leadership Responsibility, Teacher Responsibility
Transformational Leadership for Parental Involvement: How Teachers Perceive the School Leadership Practices to Promote Parental Involvement in Children's Education
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Yulianti, Kartika; Denessen, Eddie; Droop, Mienke; Veerman, Gert-Jan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
Teachers are the key agents in the promotion of parental involvement in education. In this study, we examined the concept of transformational leadership for parental involvement (TLPI). The Transformational Leadership for Parental Involvement Questionnaire (TLPIQ) was developed to assess teachers' perceptions of support from school leaders in…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Transformational Leadership, Principals, Administrator Role
Students' Perceptions and Teachers' Self-Ratings of Modelling Civic Virtues: An Exploratory Empirical Study in Dutch Primary Schools
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Willems, Frank; Denessen, Eddie; Hermans, Chris; Vermeer, Paul – Journal of Moral Education, 2012
This is a study of teachers' modelling of civic virtues in the classroom. It focusses on three virtues of good citizenship: justice, tolerance and solidarity. The aim is to explore the extent to which teachers can be regarded as models of these virtues. Questionnaires were developed for both students and teachers. Factor analyses showed that the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Student Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
Dyad Composition Effects on Cognitive Elaboration and Student Achievement
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Denessen, Eddie; Veenman, Simon; Dobbelsteen, Janine; van Schilt, Josie – Journal of Experimental Education, 2008
The authors addressed the following research question: Does composition of dyads in terms of gender and ability affect student participation, the level of cognitive elaborations during a collaborative activity, and individual student achievement? The study involved 24 6th-grade dyads paired as follows: a low-ability student with a medium-ability…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Sex