Parents’ Involvement and Perspectives Towards the Quality of Teaching: A Review of Related Literature
Abstract
In this paper, I discussed the main findings and assumptions posited for the related literature
on the parental involvement. Firstly, I discussed the definition of parental involvement.
Secondly, I discussed a brief historical background of parental involvement with special
reference to its status in the UK. Thirdly, I discussed the effectiveness of parental involvement
in the learning process in addition to the factors that encourage parents to get involved in their
children’s education and its importance. Fourthly, I investigated the counterarguments
advanced against parental involvement and when it becomes negative, most notably overparenting. Fifthly, this section discussed the barriers that prevent parents from getting involved
in their children’s education, including the parent and family factors, child’s age, learning
difficulties and disabilities, behaviour problems of the children and the asocial factors, such as
poverty. In the last section of this chapter, I discussed the school-relayed factors that affect
parental involvement like the school culture as well as the location of the school