Parents' Perceived Effectiveness of Parental Involvement on Their Children's Education at Red Cedar Vocational and Special Education Center in Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Year: 2001
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Dushek Shannon E. (Writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) PARENTS' PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF PARENTAL INVOLVMENT ON THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AT RED CEDAR VOCATIONAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER IN RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN (Title) Education Helen Swanson 5/01 73 (Graduate Major) (Research Advisor) (Month/Year) (No. of Pages) American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual (Name of Style Manual Used in this Study) The primary purpose of this study was to describe the parents' perceived effectiveness of parental involvement on their children's education. The school that participated in the study was Red Cedar Vocational and Special Education Center in the Rice Lake Area School District in the spring of 2001. Parental involvement was defined as the parent or parents' participation in an on-going parent program, school events and activities, and involvement in setting goals and objectives. An experimenter-designed survey of fourteen questions was administered to 16 parents. This study showed that there was a high correspondence between the degree of parental involvement and perceived student success. There was also, however, a low number of parents who actually became involved in all aspects of their children's education; the most frequent barriers being scheduling conflicts and lack of child care for other child(ren) in the home. It is Parental Involvement 3 recommended that parents and schools communicate with each other about learning objectives and children's progress through newsletters, school handbooks, parent-teacher conferences, open houses, and telephone calls in order to maximize opportunities for communications in light of scheduling conflicts which preclude parental involvement to some extent (McDonald & Frey, 1999). Parental Involvement 4 Acknowledgements My sincere appreciation is extended to the following individuals: Helen Swanson, my thesis advisor, for her encouragement and expertise in this research study; the faculty and staff at Red Cedar Vocational and Special Education Center for their support in my study and availability of their school; and all of the parents who participated in my survey. Thank you for your patience and general interest in my project. Parental Involvement 5
Author: Shannon E. Dushek
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2131482988