Parents' Perspectives on the Literacy Instruction Received by Their Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/in	Duffy, Michelle A.
Titel	Parents' Perspectives on the Literacy Instruction Received by Their Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	(2013), (206 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Syracuse University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3030-8543-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Qualitative Research; Parent Attitudes; Mental Retardation; Children; Literacy Education; Access to Education; Parent Participation; Participative Decision Making; Reading Instruction; Semi Structured Interviews; Comparative Analysis; Teacher Behavior; Parent School Relationship; Communication Strategies; Advocacy; Listening; Attitude Measures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Qualitative Forschung; Elternverhalten; Geistige Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Elternmitwirkung; Leseunterricht; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Sozialanwaltschaft; Hörvorgang; Zuhören
Abstract	The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to explore the perspectives of 22 parents of children with intellectual disabilities on the literacy learning opportunities the children were provided in school. It asked: 1) What are the perspectives of such parents on the literacy instruction offered to their children?, and 2) What are the perspectives of such parents on the opportunities available to them to participate in decision-making about this literacy instruction? This study was grounded in disability studies and critical interpretivist frameworks, which provided a lens for understanding participants' views in the context of our society's historically unjust treatment of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Data sources included transcripts from in-depth semi-structured interviews, which I analyzed using Weft-QDA software and the constant comparison method to identify themes within and across the interviews. A number of themes emerged from the analysis. Parents' perspectives on the literacy instruction received by their children varied on a continuum that ranged from pleased to exceedingly dissatisfied. In the parents' views, teacher investment in the children's learning and the settings in which the children were instructed were important. In addition, when interacting with their children's schools regarding this instruction, the participants reported engaging in various styles of communication, holding different viewpoints and experiencing a number of emotions, styles I described as Present Listening, Emergent Advocacy, and Steadfast Advocacy. These findings have implications for school professionals, teacher education programs, and researchers who are interested in developing mechanisms for drawing on parents' insights as they orchestrate literacy instruction for such children. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01