Teacher-Parent Collaborative Efforts in Facilitating Students' Homework
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Collaborative efforts, homework, parental involvement, role of teachers, students' achievement, education
Abstract
This study focuses on the essential role of teachers in initiating collaborative efforts with parents in helping the children do their homework. To establish teacher-parents' partnership in this endeavour, four engaging interventions were utilized in this action research. These are focus group discussion (FGD), home visitation, follow up by texting and homework logs.An intact Grade 8 science class in one of the pilot secondary schools in the City of Manila was involved in the study. Results showed that the collaborative efforts between parents and teachers apparently contributed to the improvement of students'class performance. Home visitation was seen as a means of rekindling commitment of the parents to monitor their children's progress in school. In the same way, it was found out that homework logs and texting are strategies that could enhance parental involvement leading to close supervision of their children doing their assignments at home.
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Deforges, C., & Abouchaar, A. (2003), The impact of parental involvement, parental support and family education on pupil achievement and adjustment. Retrieved from http:/bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/18617/desforges.pdf,32 The Normal Lights Special ISSUE 2016
Drake, D. D. (2000). Parents and families as partners in the education process. Retrieved from https://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/citations/29.html.
Ho, Sui-Chu E., & Willms, D. J. (1996). The effect of parental involvement on eight-grade achievement. Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov/?q=EJ533315&id=EJ533315.
Lin, Q. (2003). Parents involvement and early literacy. Retrieved from http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browseour-publications/parent-involvement-and-early-literacy.
Mc Neal, R. B. Jr. (1999). Parental involvement as social capital: Differential effectiveness on science achievement, truancy, and dropping out. Retrieved from http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/78/1/117.Short.
Peters, M., Seeds, K., Goldstein, A., & Colemen, N. (2008), Parental involvement in children's education 2007, Research Report DCSF RR034. Retrieved from http://dera.ioe.ac. uk/8605/1/DCSF-RR034.pdf,.
Sharp, C., Keys, W. & Benefield, P. (2001). Homework a review of recent research, National Foundation for Educational Research. Retrieved from http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/HWK01/HWK01_home.cfm.
The Impact of Parental Involvement on Children's Education, Department of Children Schools and Families. (2008). Retrieved from http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/201304011515/http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-Parental_Involvement.pdf.
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Dec 20, 2016
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Miguel, F. F., & Abulon, E. L. R. (2016). Teacher-Parent Collaborative Efforts in Facilitating Students’ Homework. The Normal Lights, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.56278/tnl.v1i1.273
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