2. The limitation of School
"School age children spend 70% of their
waking hours (including weekends and
holidays) outside of school." (Michigan
Department of Education, 2002).
Schools cannot provide a complete and
overall care and education that children
need.
Their first skills are learned within the nuclear
and sometimes extended family.
3. Who should be responsible for student learning
beside school?
4. The answer is parents.
"86% of the general public believes that
support from parents is the most important
way to improve schools."(Michigan
Department of Education).
Students spend much more of their time
connected with their parents than what they
spend with their teachers.
5. The involvement of parents
“Family level supports in the first two years of
life help predict achievement years later, in
elementary school”(Ferguson, 2009)
“Students who achieve the highest test scores
among blacks, Hispanics and whites had
parents who were both responsive and
demanding” (Ferguson, 2009)
Future success in education relies on a positive
home environment, and parental attitudes are a
key factor for children to develop good learning
skills.
6. The involvement of parents
The videos “Parental Involvement”
demonstrate that many students’
achievement are a direct result of parental
support.
7. Benefits for student learning
The article posted by BirtMums on Twitter
suggests that research has demonstrated
that the more parents participate in their
child’s education, the more success their
child will achieve at every level.
8. Benefits for student learning
Better attitudes towards school and
educators
Higher grades and test scores
Creating a learning culture and helping skills
and confidence
(UK Department for Education, 2012)
9. Benefits for school
Parents' involvement is an ideal supplement
to school education.
“A student’s home environment has
significant effects on learning and school
performance” (Hill, 2010).
10. Questions
Some people believe that the role of parents
in the education is overestimated. Do you
agree or disagree? Why?
Do you think that parents have more power
and influence over students compared to the
influence of school education systems or do
you think they just supplement school
education systems?
11. Questions
What are conflicts that you think may exist in
the involvement of parents in student
learning?
Do you agree that governments should pay
attention to the home environment and
student learning rather than focusing on the
development of the school education
system?
What are ways the government could
support and supplement the involvement of
parents in the children’s learning?
12. The summary
We cannot understate the importance of parents
on education.
Parents who participate whole-heartedly in the
education and development of their children
experience less discipline issues with their
children and, as a result, the children become
self-motivated to learn. It is important that
parents realize how positive the impact will be
when they provide strong supportive interaction
with their children.
