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Parental Involvement With Educating Children
It takes a village to raise your children, is not only a saying it is a fact. Teachers need the support of the parents and others involved with the child to reinforce what is being taught in the schools. As parents or guardian of children we should take an active role in the education process of our children. We can do so by ensuring their assignments are completed, they are keeping up with their peers and we provide the support necessary to their educators. Children in kindergarten and in first grade especially need involved parents. These are children who are new to formal education. These children need the support and help of their parents or caretakers, to achieve academic success. "Parent involvement in the education of their children, is now recognized as one of the most critical factors influencing student achievement" (Lazar et. al., 1999). In this paper I will discuss the types of parental involvement, benefits of parental involvement, teachers helping with home-based learning and ways to reinforce learning.
Types of Parental Involvement
Parents can become involved in three main areas of the child's life, behavioral, intellectual and personal (Parent's Involvement in Children's Education, 2007). Personal involvement will include, speaking to their children and helping them understand and create social relationships. Behavioral involvement includes, parents disciplining their children when...
Parents should engage in discussions with their children about relevant topics such as how to behave, how to act and about following instructions in school. Intellectual involvement is helping the child with their homework, or helping them achieve higher academic progress. Researchers have found that "children who received adequate parental concern were found to be much more confident in their academic desires and achievements than those who could not get the right amount of parental concern" (Parent's Involvement in Children's Education, 2007). Parental involvement makes the child feel special and care for, which makes them want to work harder to please their parents.
Benefits of Parental Involvement
There are many benefits for parental involvement in their children's education. Entwisle et. al. (1987) has found that children depend a lot on the evaluation of their parents for social achievement and academic self-image. The self-image of the child is extremely important, since there is a direct relationship to children with high self-image and good academic achievement. Teachers have found that children with academic disadvantages such as low reading or math scores can improve these scores with parental involvement (Lazar et. al, 1999). Parents, who help their children with their homework, have children that gain more from the homework. Teachers of kindergarten and first grade, view the involvement of parents as crucial to the…
References
Entwisle et. al. (1987). The Emergent Academic Self-Image of First Graders: Its Response to Social Structure. Child Development. 58 (5) 1190-2007
GAO Report (2007). No Child Left Behind Act, Education actions may help improve implementation and evaluation of supplemental educational services. United States Education and State Social Policy
Gonzalez-DeHass et. al. (2005). Examining the relationship between parental involvement and student motivation. Educational Psychology Review. 17 (2) 99-123
Lazar et. al. (1999). Educating teachers for parent involvement. Contemporary Education. 70 (3)
Parent's Involvement in Children's Education. (2007). Articlesbase. Retrieved on November 23, 2010 from http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/parents-involvement-in-childrens-education-117944.html
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