Parental Involvement on Children’s Education What Works in Hong Kong

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...

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Main Authors: Ho, Esther Sui-Chu, Kwong, Wai-Man (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:SpringerBriefs in Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 involvement in the primary schools of Hong Kong and, then, examining how the different forms and levels of parental involvement are related to individual and institutional factors through a series of survey studies on all these stakeholders in children’s education. Finally, the book assesses the extent to which different forms of parental involvement affect student performance based on student survey results and available school records
Physical Description:XVII, 162 p. 7 illus online resource
ISBN:9789814021999