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Keywords

Home and school -- United States; Education -- Parent participation -- United States; United States; Academic theses;

Abstract

Home-school collaboration, the manner in which overt partnerships among schools, families, and the community are established, has been shown to be beneficial to all parties involved. Although the benefits of collaboration are known, empirical strategies to accomplish these benefits remain lacking in the literature. The current study examines the specific types of school practices occurring at the secondary level, as gathered through the 2003 Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey, and whether those practices predict involvement. Although parent education, parental work - . hours, personal notes from school, and memos from school were significant predictors of parent attendance at school activities, they accounted for a small amount of the variance. Implications and future research needs are presented.

Year of Submission

2008

Degree Name

Specialist in Education

Department

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations

First Advisor

Kerri Clopton

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Date Original

2008

Object Description

1 PDF file (46 leaves)

Language

en

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application/pdf

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