Phrase versus Phase: Family Engagement

Autor/in	Ferrara, Margaret M.
Titel	Phrase versus Phase: Family Engagement
Quelle	In: Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 84 (2011) 5, S.180-183 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-8655
Schlagwörter	Research Design; Qualitative Research; Parent Participation; Family Involvement; Parent School Relationship; Parents; Elementary Schools; Middle Schools; High Schools; Administrators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsdesign; Qualitative Forschung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Eltern; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	Parents and their roles in schools, public or private, often become the bed of heated discussions. "Parent involvement" is yesterday's buzz word; today, it is "family involvement." The phrase "parent involvement" connotes an image of parents being involved in their children's education. Family involvement is a more encompassing concept, embracing the multiple types of parent structures. Some researchers are now calling for teachers and administrators to embrace a higher level of family involvement with the more encompassing term of "family engagement." They write that "engagement" connotes a richer association between the home and the school. A qualitative research design was developed to explore a simple question: Is "family engagement" simply a new phrase or is it a synonym for "family involvement?" This study explored to what degree school leaders gained an understanding of family engagement; more importantly, to what degree did the administrators and teachers implement "family engagement" by the end of the first year? (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10