Nuremberg seminar

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Nuremberg seminar
November 2007
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The impact of parentalinvolvement on pupil
achievement
Professor Charles Desforges OBE
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Implications
knowledge
understanding
vision
strategic planning (and
MER)
research
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School achievement
attitudes esp
responsibility persistence
skills esp literacy
values esp citizenship
learning
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hi
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Factors shaping educationaloutcomes
? childs
characteristics
? family characteristics
? parental involvement
? school quality
? community
? peer group
? family support
services
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Power over learning outcomes
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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)
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Other outcomes
resilience
health
adjustment
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Theories
social learning
attachment
style
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Good parenting
? at home
? authoritative not authoritarian
? conversation/discussion
? confers respect
values
attitudes
? effect size 0.4 / 0.5 sd
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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
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Parenting and
poverty
ethnicity
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Implications
strategy for parent support
? analysis
? vision
? personalisation
? resourcing
? partnerships
? research
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Reference www.jrf.org.uk



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Charles Desforges c.w.desforges_at_exeter.ac.uk