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Nuremberg seminar. November 2007. The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement. Professor Charles Desforges OBE. Implications. knowledge. understanding. vision. strategic planning (and MER). research. School achievement. attitudes esp: responsibility persistence.
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Nuremberg seminar November 2007
The impact of parentalinvolvement on pupil achievement Professor Charles Desforges OBE
Implications knowledge understanding vision strategic planning (and MER) research
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)
Other outcomes resilience health adjustment
Theories social learning attachment style
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
Parenting and … poverty ethnicity
Implications strategy for parent support analysis vision personalisation resourcing partnerships research
Reference www.jrf.org.uk
Charles Desforges c.w.desforges@exeter.ac.uk