... encouraged two types of parental involvement: academic-oriented, designed to support student learning and achievement, and non-academic-oriented, designed to accomplish other goals. From the instructional leadership perspective, principals should mainly prioritize academic-oriented parental involvement...

... deemed information-rich to participate in the study. Findings The study found that the post-apartheid school governing body concept, which is an innovation in education management and leadership, encourages and promotes productive parents' involvement in education of their children. Originality...

... parental involvement in secondary schools and subsequently proposed a comprehensive parental involvement model. Design/methodology/approach Research articles, reports and dissertations on the factors that influence parental involvement were reviewed to obtain related empirical evidence...

...Khalid Arar; Muhammed Abu Nasra; Hassan Alshafi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of parental involvement among 317 teachers in the Arab education system in Israel. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire measured teachers’ attitudes regarding parents...

... higher educational aspirations and motivate students more, regardless of the parent’s education, family income, or background. Therefore, the proposed hypotheses are: H2a. School climate can positively impact students’ academic achievements. H2b. Parental involvement can...

... levels of parental involvement. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopted quantitative research approach. A questionnaire composed of 30 items under six scales was developed with reference to Ng’s (1999) six-level Model of Home-School Cooperation which was adopted to frame the study...

...Angeliki Lazaridou; Aspasia Gravani Kassida Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report findings from an investigation of Greek principals’ attitudes and perceptions concerning parental involvement in schools – research prompted by the belief that the information will be useful in attempts...

...Shun‐wing Ng Purpose The purpose of this article is to report an exploratory study which was designed to illuminate how school cultures and teachers' value orientations are affected by the educational change of parental involvement. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative research...