Rethinking Parental Involvement: A case of a U.S. Public Kindergarten
0
조회
0
다운로드
1
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
Over the past decade there has been increased attention to the topic of parental involvement in school. However, little research has examined Korean American parents’ involvement in the U.S. This study examined the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and Korean American parents of parental involvement in a U.S. public kindergarten. Through the in-depth interviews, observations, and school documents, this study showed that there was perceptional disparity regarding parental involvement between the school personnel and the Korean American parents. While all the participants regardless of their positions supported the significance of parental involvement, the perceptional gap has been revealed regarding the meaning and expected types of parental involvement between the two groups. Moreover, the school personnel were fully satisfied with their current provision of the parent involvement program without much consideration of the barriers or needs that the Korean American parents faced in their participation. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that it is critical for teachers and administrators to recognize the possible struggles and disadvantages that Korean American parents and other minority parents might experience in their schools and make conscious efforts to respond to the needs of minority parents.
Abstract
Over the past decade there has been increased attention to the topic of parental involvement in school. However, little research has examined Korean American parents’ involvement in the U.S. This study examined the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and Korean American parents of parental involvement in a U.S. public kindergarten. Through the in-depth interviews, observations, and school documents, this study showed that there was perceptional disparity regarding parental involvement between the school personnel and the Korean American parents. While all the participants regardless of their positions supported the significance of parental involvement, the perceptional gap has been revealed regarding the meaning and expected types of parental involvement between the two groups. Moreover, the school personnel were fully satisfied with their current provision of the parent involvement program without much consideration of the barriers or needs that the Korean American parents faced in their participation. Thus, the findings of this study suggest that it is critical for teachers and administrators to recognize the possible struggles and disadvantages that Korean American parents and other minority parents might experience in their schools and make conscious efforts to respond to the needs of minority parents.
참고문헌 (29)
- Bermudez, A., "An examination of a four-way collaborative to increase parental involvement in the schools", The Journal of Educational Issue of Language Minority Students, 통권 : 16, pp.58~67 (1996)
- Bernhard, J. K., "Troubled relationships in early childhood education: Parent-teacher interactions in ethnoculturally diverse child care setting", Early Education and Development, 9(1), pp.5~28 (1998)
- Chavkin,N.F., "Families and schools in a pluralistic society" (1993), NY: State University of New York Press
- DeBord, K., "Creative approaches to parenting education", Journal of Extension, 36(5), pp.34~41 (1998)
- Delgado-Gaitan, C., "Involving parents in the school: A process of empowerment", American Journal of Education, 통권 : 100, pp.20~46 (1991)
- Dyson, A. H., "On the case: Approaches to language and literacy research" (2005), NewYork, NY: Teachers College Press
- Epstein,J.L., "Parent involvement: Implications for limited-English =proficient parents", ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED275208 (1986)
- Faires, J., "Effects of parental involvement in developing competent readers in first grade", Reading Psychology, 21(3), pp.195~215 (2000)
- Farkas, S., "Playing their parts: Parents and teachers talk about parental involvement in public schools", NY: Public Agenda, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED434392 (1999)
- Floyd,L., "Joining hands A parental involvement program", Urban Education, 33(1), pp.123~135 (1998)
- Giles, H. C., "Parent engagement as a school reform strategy", NewYork, NY: ERIC Clearing house on Urban Education, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED419031 (1998)
- Greenwood, G. E., "Research and practice in parental involvement: Implications for teacher education", The Elementary School Journal, 9(31), pp.279~288 (1991)
- Heystek,J., "Parents as governors and partners in schools", Education and Urban Society, 35(3), pp.328~351 (2003)
- Irizar,E.G., "Parental participation among recent minority immigrants in an urban public school", Dissertation Abstracts International, 63(9) (2002)
- Lareau,A., "Home Advantage: Social class and parental involvement in elementary education" (1989), Philadelphia:Falmer Press
- Lee,S., "Selective parent participation: Structural and cultural factors that influence school participation among Korean parents", Equity & Excellence in Education, 38(4), pp.299~308 (2005)
- Levine,L A., "Teacher’s perceptions of parental involvement: How it effects our children’s development in literacy", ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED465438 (2002)
- Lightfoot,D., "Some parents just don’t care”: Decoding the meanings of parental involvement in urban schools", Urban Education, 39(1), pp.91~104 (2004)
- Lopez, G. R., "Redefining parental involvement: Lessons from high-performing migrant-impacted schools", American Educational Research Journal, 38(2), pp.253~288 (2001)
- Marcon,R.A., "Parenta linvolvement and early school success: Following the ‘Class of 2000’ at Year Five. New Orleans, LA: the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development", ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED357881 (1993)
- McBride, B. A., "Family-school-community partnerships in rural prekindergarten at-risk programs", the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, ~ (1999)
- Onikama, D. L., "Family involvement in education: A synthesis of research for pacific educators", Honolulu, HI: Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, ~, pp.ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED420446 (1998)
- Scott-Jones,D., "Mother-as-teacher in the families of high- and low-achieving low black first-graders", Journal of Negro Education, 86(1), pp.21~34 (1987)
- Shartrand, S. M., "New skills for new schools: Preparing teachers in family involvement" (1997), Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education
- Shin,H.S., "Korean American mother’s self-reported parenting patterns and children’s social competence", Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(04) (1996)
- Sorenson,C., "Success and education in South Korea", Review, 38(1), pp.10~35 (1994)
- Swap,S.M., "Developing Home-School Partnerships: From Concepts to Practice" (1993), New York:Teachers College Press
- Theobold, P., "Cultural, community, and the promise of rural education", Phi Delta Kappan, 통권 : 77, pp.132~135 (1995)
- Valdes,G., "Conrespeto: bridging the distances between culturally diverse families and schools: an ethnographic portrait" (1996), New York:Teachers College Press