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Harris,AlmaandGoodall,Janet.(2008)Doparentsknowtheymatter?Engagingallparents
inlearning.EducationalResearch,Vol.50(No.3).pp.277289.ISSN00131881
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OfficialURL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131880802309424

Abstract
Background:ThispaperoutlinesthefindingsfromaresearchprojectcarriedoutintheUK
thatexploredtherelationshipbetweenparentalengagementandStudentachievement.
Purpose.The12monthresearchprojectwascommissionedtoexploretherelationship
betweeninnovativeworkwithparentsandtheSubsequentimpactuponStudent
achievement.Amainaimoftheresearchprojectwastocapturetheviewsandvoicesof
parents.Studentsandteachersandtoexplorethebarrierstoparentalengagementandthe
respectivebenefitstolearning.
Programmedescription:TheStudywasqualitativeindesignandcollectedindepthcase
studydatafrom20schoolsand314respondents.Inadditionarangeofdocumentary
evidencePlusperformancedatawerecollectedateachcasestudysite.
Sample:AsampleofschoolsinEnglandwasselectedontwomaincriteria:firstly,thetype
ofdevelopment,andsecondly,theparticularfocusofparentalengagement.Schoolsinthe
samplewereselectedtoensurethattherewasabroadgeographicalspreadandamixof
urbanandruralschools.Otherfactorswerealsotakenintoaccounttoensureadiverse
rangeofschools(e.g.numberonroll,socioeconomicstatus(SES)andblackminority
ethnic(BME)percentages).
Designandmethod:Casestudymethodologywasusedastheprimemethodofdata
collectionintheStudy.Inaddition,schooldatasetsrelatingtostudentperformance,
behaviourandattendancewereanalysed.Thesedatasetsallowedpatternsandtrendstobe
identified.Thisanalysisformedthebasisofthemoredetailedinterrogationofthecase
studyevidenceateachofthe20sites.
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Results:Theresearchfindingshighlightanumberofbarriersfacingcertainparentsin
supportingtheirchildren'slearning.Itisclearthatpowerfulsocialandeconomicfactorsstill
preventmanyparentsfromfullyparticipatinginschooling.Theresearchshowedthat
schoolsratherthanparentsareoften'hardtoreach'.Theresearchalsofoundthatwhile
parents,teachersandpupilstendtoagreethatparentalengagementisa'goodthing'.they
alsoholdverydifferentviewsaboutthepurposeofengagingparents.Itisalsoclearthat
thereisamajordifferencebetweeninvolvingparentsinschoolingandengagingparentsin
learning.Whileinvolvingparentsinschoolactivitieshasallimportantsocialandcommunity
function,itisonlytheengagementofparentsinlearningillthehomethatismostlikelyto
resultinapositivedifferencetolearningoutcomes.
Conclusions:Parentalengagementinchildren'slearninginthehomemakesthegreatest
differencetostudentachievement.Mostschoolsareinvolvingparentsinschoolbased
activitiesinavarietyofwaysbuttheevidenceshowsbutthishaslittle,ifany,impacton
subsequentlearningandachievementofyoungpeople.
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LEducation>LEducation(General)
LEducation>LBTheoryandpracticeofeducation
FacultyofSocialSciences>InstituteofEducation(2013)

LibraryofCongress EducationParentparticipationGreatBritainCasestudies,
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Academicachievement,Parentteacherrelationships,School

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improvementprograms

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Routledge

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00131881

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September2008

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Vol.50

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No.3

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pp.277289

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10.1080/00131880802309424

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