Parental Involvement on Childrens Education What Works in Hong Kong /

• Main Authors: Ho, Esther Sui-Chu. (Author), Kwong, Wai-Man. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Early childhood education.; Educational psychology.; Childhood Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Educational Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4021-99-9

This book is based on the empirical work of a large-scale project to investigate the possible impacts of diversified forms of parental involvement on children and school by first exploring through a series of ethnographic case studies how principals, teachers and parents perceive and act on parental...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Literature Review
• Chapter 2 Elucidating the Complexity of Parental Involvement in Primary Schools: Three Ethnographic Case Studies
• Chapter 3 Building a Grounded Theory on Parental Involvement in Education
• Chapter 4 Nature of Parental Involvement: Perspectives from Principals, Teachers and Parents
• Chapter 5 Effects of Parental Involvement and Investment on Student Learning
• Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications.