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Gerdes, J.; Goei, S. L.; Huizinga, M.; De Ruyter, D. J. – Educational Review, 2022
Although the benefits of family-school partnership are clear, secondary schools struggle to successfully realise this partnership. Drawing on interview data from Dutch parents of secondary school students, this study aims to explore underlying structures of family-school partnership and opportunities for improvement. We defined family-school…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Parent Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Bates, Jessica; Finlay, Jayne; O'Connor Bones, Una – Educational Review, 2023
This paper reports the research findings from an online survey of parents of primary-age pupils in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of the study were to explore how parents supported their child/ren's home learning; to ascertain the communication, guidance and resources between home and school; and to learn from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Parent Role
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Antony-Newman, Max – Educational Review, 2019
As a key predictor of students' academic achievement parental involvement has been in the centre of attention of both educational researchers and policymakers for quite some time. Immigrant parents represent a growing, but under-researched group with its distinctive experiences and expectations. This study provides a systematic synthesis of 40…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Bilton, Richard; Jackson, Alison; Hymer, Barry – Educational Review, 2018
In this paper, we present the findings which have emerged from our investigation of parent-teacher conversations at one secondary school in the north-west of England. Data were collected in the form of audio recordings over two years, supplemented by supporting evidence in the form of one-to-one interviews with parents, teachers and students. We…
Descriptors: Conflict, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interviews, Parent Attitudes
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Hornby, Garry; Lafaele, Rayleen – Educational Review, 2011
The issue of parental involvement (PI) in education is notable for the extensive rhetoric supporting it and considerable variation in the reality of its practice. It is proposed that the gap between rhetoric and reality in PI has come about because of the influence of factors at the parent and family, child, parent-teacher and societal levels…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Political Issues
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Angelides, Panayiotis; Theophanous, Louiza; Leigh, James – Educational Review, 2006
In recent years we have seen significant changes in the attitudes of teachers and parents towards their relationships with each other, as well as changes in their perceptions for certain practices, and the degree of involvement and participation of parents in schooling. In this paper, we investigate, in depth, the relationships of pre-primary…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Foreign Countries