Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School presents in-depth explorations of parental involvement within culturally distinct contexts.
Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School presents in-depth explorations of parental involvement within culturally distinct contexts. As teachers and leaders sense the impact of todays social and political tensions in their schools, new guidance is needed to help them make decisions, solve problems, clarify interventions, and resolve conflict with their students families as they mutually pursue the well-being of diverse students. This edited volume examines parents culturally situated goals and values, communication and rearing styles, academic involvement, and other social-psychological factors across identities at the intersection of race, gender, class, and beyond. Each chapter addresses the complexities of a unique demographic context, innovative approaches toward inclusion, methodologies helpful to the study of parental involvement, new trends and directions in family-school partnerships, and more.
Introduction Section I: Cultural beliefs and critical parental
involvement
1. A cultural model of family-school relations: East Asian
immigrant parents involvement in childrens education
2. Between a rock and
a hard place: Using critical race theory and critical consciousness to
understand black parents decision-making for their childrens educational
futures
3. Multicultural identity challenge: An exploration of parental
involvement in Latinx motherhood
4. Historical, cultural, and social
influence on East Asian families perspectives on disability categories and
the implication to the teachers in the United States
5. Parents need to know
their rights: Parents of black students respond to the school-prison nexus
6. Vicarious black joy and fugitive spaces: Validating black parents through
the (un)intended benefits of freedom school Section II: Intersections of
race, place, and parenting
7. The intersection of parental involvement and
racial realism in education policy
8. The influence of father involvement on
parenting experiences, child self-regulation, and school experiences
9.
Youre gonna do somethin great: Parental involvement in rural students
educational pathways
10. The power of parents, caregivers, and community to
advance equity in computer science (CS) education
11. Exploring how parents
socialize children as learners and communities socialize parents as teachers
12. Culturally responsive pedagogy in special education classrooms: An
exploration of elementary and secondary education teachers practices working
with students and families.
13. Critical conversation on parental involvement
and supporting transgender care Section III: Reimagining the schools and
expanding parental involvement
14. Leveraging mobile screen technologies to
foster a home-to-school approach for family engagement among Latine families
with young children
15. Student-parent relationship development in an
inclusive postsecondary education program for students with
neurodevelopmental disabilities
16. Student motivation: The parent's role in
fostering autonomy, resiliency, and growth mindset for students
17. Guiding
intentional family leadership: New directions for educational purpose and
parent involvement
18. School counseling and parental involvement
19.
Establishing trust in family engagement and special education
Meca Williams-Johnson, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Research and Associate Dean for the College of Education at Georgia Southern University, USA. She has written several studies on parental involvement, homeschooling, and emotions and motivation.
Nicolette P. Rickert, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Georgia Southern University, USA. Her work focuses on the collective and differential impacts of parent and teacher involvement as protective factors for youth's academic engagement and motivation.
