Parental Involvement on Children's Education

TL;DR: In this article, a review of parent engagement in children's upbringing and education is presented, highlighting the directions of a system-wide research that is undertaking in order to support an evidence-based, context-sensitive policy framework on parent engagement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between the extent and outcome of music training and academic achievement of Hong Kong Chinese children, and found that music training enhances the academic achievement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether family socio-economic status (SES) affects young adults' hope, and to what extent and how different types of parental support mediate this social disparity, finding that cultural and academic communication and career encouragement from parents in early years, and current parental emotional support fully mediate the relationship between family SES and hope.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted an experiment of Happy Homework in one elementary school and found that the homework catalyzed the full participation of parents and cooperative innovation between the teachers and students.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of different forms of parental involvement and investment along with a set of individual and school factors on students' self-concept and their academic achievement were assessed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the practice of and factors related to parental involvement based on the experiences and perspectives of principals, teachers and parents, and assess how their habitus and the objective conditions of different fields affect parental involvement enacted or practiced at the field of home and school.