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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Parental participation"”.
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Promoting Parental Participation and Involvement
… of an extensive literature review regarding parental participation and involvement. The mounting efforts of school accountability movements in the United States (i.e., No Child Left Behind) has created a pressing need for educators of school aged children to become not only advocates for …
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A sociological investigation of Sure Start Children's Centres: Understanding parental participation
… the approach has been one that placed non-participation experiences away from Centres, distanced and unrelated. This thesis presents a sociological analysis of two Children’s Centres where the institutional processes and practices that shape what these spaces mean are explored in depth. In …
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Parental participation in a chapter I parent center as a predictor of academic achievement
… was designed to examine the relationship of participation in the Chapter I Parent Center to four of the variables often associated with academic achievement namely: (1) the child's home environment; (2) parental attitude towards education; (3) the child's self-concept; and (4) the child's …
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A comparative analysis of parental participation in schools with regard to the South African Schools Act of 1996
… 2.) by providing the SGB with support through participation in the everyday activities of the school. The focus of this study is an examination of the extent to which the SASA (1996) has bee realized in two schools in the Athlone area, with particular respect to parental participation. This is …
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Parental participation in homework completion as a predictor of academic success of students in the single parent family
… was designed to determine if different levels of parental participation in homework completion influence academic success when academic success is defined as grades that average A, B, or C in the single parent family. Four levels of parental participation were used, (1) supplies materials and …
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The Relationship of Well-Being, And General Role Participation And Parental Role Satisfaction in Mothers with SCI: An Exploratory Study
… the study is to explore the relationship between participation and well-being in mothers with SCI. Twenty-nine women with a spinal cord injury participated in the study. The inclusion criteria was being a mother with a spinal cord injury living in the community and actively parenting at least one …
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Parental Understanding and Satisfaction with Special Education Services in the State of Texas
Parental participation in educational issues is relevant in assisting parents in understanding and becoming satisfied with their child's educational experience. Parental involvement is not only an ethical issue for teachers, but mandates have been established for special educators through various …
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A Comparison of Parental Involvement on Student Academic Motivation and Student Academic Performance
The purpose of this study was to determine how parental involvement affects student academic achievement and academic performance. The researcher surveyed students and their parents to find out the amount of participation each had in education and the effect on their GPA. The results showed that …
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Parental involvement in the governance of secondary school in Eritrea: Current trends and future possibilities
… is a basic need to investigate the nature of parental involvement in school governance, particularly in relation to policies enshrined in the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) guidelines. The study examined the parents' commitment to execute their school governance role properly and to …
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The role of parental involvement on enhancing effective school management in Primary schools in Bahananwa Circuit Capricorn North District
This study investigated the role of parental involvement in enhancing effective school management in primary schools in Bahananwa Circuit, located in the Capricorn North District of Limpopo province, South Africa. Parental involvement is pivotal in fostering a collaborative environment between home …
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A study to determine why parents do or do not participate in the education of their middle school children
… teachers and administrators who wish to increase parental participation. A total of 209 parents returned a completed questionnaire. The survey requested information regarding how many times they attended functions/activities during the first semester of the 1990-91 school year, and what their …
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A qualitative study examining parental experiences and aspirations regarding participation in decision-making in two neonatal intensive care units
… across the 23 neonatal networks in the UK, with parental participation in decision-making being an area in which significant improvements in practice could be made. Aim: To establish parents’ experiences of participating in clinical decision-making whilst eliciting the aspirations of parents to …
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The role of parent members of school governing bodies in school financial management
… in the Western Cape. The study also explored parental participation in financial processes at school level and its relation to their knowledge, skills, expertise and responsibilities as required by the South African Schools Act. Qualitative data was gathered using interviews with principals, …
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The parents' experience of living in the hospital with their sick infant : a phenomenological study
… and problems associated with the concept of parental participation in care. The role of the parents in hospital needs to be identified and expressed by both the parents and the nurses, in order to ellucidate the needs of parents who live in with their sick infant. Eight parents were …
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Parental satisfaction with quality of neonatal care services provided at Kamuzu Central hospital, Ethel Mutharika nursery unit, in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Parental satisfaction with neonatal care is a crucial indicator of the quality of neonatal care standards. Satisfied parents comply with treatment and help reduce readmission and neonatal mortality. This study aimed to determine levels and factors associated with parental satisfaction at the Kamuzu …
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How Does Internet Facilitated Communication Impact Teacher and Parent Partnerships?
… to implement programs designed to lessen parental obstacles and enhance parental participation in partnership activities. Constraints on time and doubts regarding self-efficacy skills exist for some parents currently not involved in home-school relationships. To introduce new programs …
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Student, parent, and teacher attitudes toward video surveillance monitoring
… A teachers, excluding those absent, consented to participation and completed the questionnaire during a scheduled faculty meeting. No anticipated risks or benefits to participants existed in this study. Students and teachers remained anonymous. Parental participation was confidential and …
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The Head Start mother: organizational participation and the selves, self-concepts, and empowerment of low-income mothers
… Part of the program’s goals is to encourage parental participation in order to provide low-income parents a possibility of enriching their lives and empowering themselves through education. Using symbolic interaction as the initial theoretical perspective, I examine the experiences of mothers …
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Werkstevredenheid van manlike opvoeders in die George–omgewing
… towards further education development; increased parental participation in school affairs; revision of achievement appraisal; appointment of educators on grounds of their expertise; cultivation of healthy work relationships considering all structures; creation of promotion opportunities; and …
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