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Kewalramani, Sarika; Phillipson, Sivanes; Belford, Nish – Research in Science Education, 2022
Parents' beliefs, values and associated everyday practices can play an influential role in their children's educational environment. This paper reports on a subsection of data from a larger qualitative study on how immigrant parents' cultural beliefs, values and everyday practices contributed to shaping their young children's early engagement in…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Influence, Young Children, Science Education
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Kilpatrick, Sue; Burns, Gemma; Barnes, Robin Katersky; Kerrison, Marcel; Fischer, Sarah – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2020
The research, focused on parents with children in years 5-10 in three low-socioeconomic rural and regional communities, drew on an understanding of educational aspiration as culturally and socio-spatially embedded to develop practical strategies for parents to engage with their children as they made education and career pathways choices. It draws…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Parents, Economically Disadvantaged, Career Pathways
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Fischer, Sarah; Barnes, Robin Katersky; Kilpatrick, Sue – Educational Review, 2019
This paper reviews the literature on best practices to engage parents in order to equip them to support their children's higher education aspirations. Parents from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, in common with other parents, report that they want "the best" for their children's future. Getting a good education is a part of…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Low Income Groups
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
A study with 516 Australian families which supports a model of parent involvement in learning is presented. The model involves assessment of family opportunity structures as defined by parent aspirations for their children and parents' academic socialization, as well as children's perceptions of family opportunity structures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Family Characteristics