The State and Level of Involvement among Jordanian Kindergarten Parents and Its Relationship to Teachers' Efforts of Outreach

Autor/inn/en	Fayez, Merfat; Sabah, Saed A.; Rudwan, Enaam Abu
Titel	The State and Level of Involvement among Jordanian Kindergarten Parents and Its Relationship to Teachers' Efforts of Outreach
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12 (2011) 3, S.241-251 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.2304/ciec.2011.12.3.241
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Teacher Role; Socioeconomic Status; Educational Attainment; Correlation; Parent Attitudes; Questionnaires; Parents as Teachers; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Ausland; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Lehrerrolle; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation; Elternverhalten; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study explored both the school- and home-based involvement practices of parents of children attending kindergarten in the city of Zarqa, Jordan. The study also examined the effect of some selected parental demographic variables (i.e. socioeconomic levels and levels of education) on parent involvement and the relationship between kindergarten parental involvement practices and parents' perceptions of teachers' efforts of outreach. Data were collected from 310 kindergarten parents using a 33-item questionnaire. Results of the study revealed that kindergarten parents involve themselves in different ways and assume different roles in their children's education at home and school. In general, parents were more participatory in home than in the school. Furthermore, there were no significant effects of parents' socioeconomic levels and levels of education on their home and school involvement practices. On the other hand, the results indicated a weak but significant relationship between parents' perceptions of teachers' efforts of outreach and both their home and school-based involvement practices. Different suggestions and recommendations for enhancing the involvement of kindergarten parents were addressed and presented based on the findings of this study. (Contains 1 note and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10