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COGS Conference. October 2007. The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement. Implications for school governance. Professor Charles Desforges OBE. Implications for governance. knowledge. understanding. vision. strategic planning (and MER). School achievement.
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COGSConference October 2007
The impact of parentalinvolvement on pupil achievement Implications for school governance Professor Charles Desforges OBE
Implications for governance knowledge understanding vision strategic planning (and MER)
School achievement attitudesesp:responsibility persistence skillsesp:literacy values esp:citizenship learning
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Factors shaping educationaloutcomes child’s characteristics family characteristics parental involvement school quality community peer group family support services
Effects of parents/effect of schools achievement parents / school effects age 7 0.29 / 0.05 age 11 0.27 / 0.21 age 16 0.14 / 0.51 from Sacker et al (2002)
Good parenting at home authoritative not authoritarian conversation/discussion confers respect values attitudes effect size 0.4 / 0.5 sd
Barriers to parental involvement extreme poverty and social chaos substance abuse depression the difficult child lack of confidence or knowledge alternative values barriers set up by schools
Implications for governance strategy for parent support analysis vision personalisation resourcing partnerships MER
Scoping the territory parents as co-educators : in/around school: at home parents as students : family learning : CfL : specific initiatives (e.g. PPP) extended service schools schools/community re-generation
Parenting support: parent training programmes work best when they have : clear learning objectives : explicit means/ends links : tight management : community collaboration
Multi agency provision works when there is: - focus on achievement - a named coordinator - explicit evaluation systems - feedback loops closed - enduring funding - continuous CPD
References BECTA at www.becta.org.ukCummings, C. et at (2005) Evaluation of the full service extended schools project. London. DfES Research Report 680 (free download)Desforges, D., and Abouchaar, A. (2003) The impact of parentalinvolvement on pupil achievement DfES Research Report 433 DfES (2005) The shape of things to come: personalised learning through collaboration. Download from www.teachernet.gov.uk/publicationsESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. www.tlrp.orgHallam et al (2004) Improving children’s behaviour and attendance through the use of parenting programmes DfES Research Report 585Conts/….
ReferencesHiggins, S. et al (2005) A meta-analysis of the impact of the implementation of thinking skills approaches on pupils. Downloadable from www.eppi.ioe.ac.uk Moran,P., and Ghate, D. (2004) What works in parenting supportDfES Research Report 574 New South Wales Department of Education and Training (TALE project)www.tale.edu.auPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2007) Independent Study into School Leadership, London; DfES, Research Report 818 Valentine, G. (et al) (2005) Children and young people’s home use of ICT for educational purposes. The impact of attainment at KS 1- 4. London. DfES. Research Report 672 (free download from the DfES research section)(see also Research Report 680 and Research Report 681 for recent evaluations of extended schools)
Charles Desforges c.w.desforges@exeter.ac.uk