Do parents make a difference to children’s academic achievement? Differences between parents of higher and lower achieving students     

Nicky Jacobs  David Harvey 《Educational studies》2005,31(4):431-448

Differences in family factors in determining academic achievement were investigated by testing 432 parents in nine independent, coeducational Melbourne schools. Schools were ranked and categorized into three groups (high, medium and low), based on student achievement (ENTER) scores in their final year of secondary school and school improvement indexes. Parents completed a questionnaire investigating their attitudes towards the school environment, their aspirations, expectations, encouragement and interest in their child’s education (adapted from scales constructed by Marjoribanks). They also responded to six open‐ended questions on their attitudes to achievement and to their (child’s) school. Multiple regression analyses revealed that parental expectations of their children’s educational level made the strongest unique prediction of high achievement followed by the length of time they had maintained their expectations. Limitations discussed include the disparity in meaning associated with the definition of school success and whether these results can be generalized to all students considering the biased sample (socio‐economic status).  相似文献   

Does gender matter for the intergenerational transmission of education? Evidence from rural China     

《International Journal of Educational Development》2020

Many studies have examined whether children’s gender influences their educational attainment. However, there are limited studies on both the impact of parents’ education on children’s education and the educational gender gap in rural China. This paper investigates the impact of parents’ education on their children’s education from a gender perspective in rural China using comprehensive rural household data. We find that the educational gender gap in rural China has been decreasing over the last several decades. Moreover, the educational gender gap decreases as parents’ education increases. Parents’ initial educational attainment plays an important role in narrowing the educational gender gap.  相似文献   

Creative Imagination and Subjective Agency in Wynne-Jones’ The Maestro     

Sue Ann Cairns 《Children‘s Literature in Education》2009,40(1):59-74

The Canadian young adult novel The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones foregrounds the relationship between imagination and subjective agency. While Burl uses his imagination at the beginning to protect himself from his abusive father, his fantasies become dress rehearsals for small performances that allow him to try on new identities and exercise autonomy through conscious choice of possible actions. The protagonist’s imagination, nurtured by reading fairy tales, allows him to move out of his lonely private realm into intersubjective relationships with others, particularly with parental figures who support his developing sense of agency.

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家长应与青春期孩子一起成长   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

易彬 《四川职业技术学院学报》2009,19(2)

青春期是人的一生中发展、变化最快速的时期,特别是成人感的产生,独立意识的增强,使处于青春期的孩子对成人世界有了不同的要求.由于这一时期孩子的特有心理,家长不能再按原有的教育方法和态度来教育孩子,应学习新的与孩子互动的方式,家长应与孩子一起成长.  相似文献   

Physical activity in the lives of Hong Kong Chinese children     

Amy S. Ha  Doune Macdonald  Bonnie O. H. Pang 《Sport, Education and Society》2013,18(3):331-346

To understand the physical activity culture in the lives of Hong Kong Chinese children and their parents, 48 young people between the ages 9 and 16 and their parents, with different socio-economic backgrounds and geographical locations, were interviewed for this study. By applying Confucianism and postcolonialism, this study aimed to investigate the meaning of physical activity in the lives of Hong Kong children and their parents. The results showed that parents value physical activity as a factor which contributes to their children's well-being and provides balance to their life. There were differences though, in this attitude, for different age groups. Junior students (aged 9–12) expressed their interest in physical activities. However, older students (12 or above) in secondary school, think or are told that academic study is the most important aspect of their life and that physical activities are not a priority. When examining parents' and children's involvement in physical activity, the barriers to the parents' involvement in their children's physical activities included lack of time and a habitual sedentary lifestyle at home.  相似文献   

Do peer relationships mediate the association between children’s facial emotion recognition ability and their academic attainment? Findings from the ALSPAC study     

《Contemporary educational psychology》2021

We examined whether children’s facial emotion recognition ability predicted their academic attainment over time, and whether peer relationships mediated that association. A secondary aim was to test whether the putative causal pathways would be significantly different for boys and girls. The model was tested using data from The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a prospective longitudinal cohort population. Facial emotion recognition ability was assessed using the Diagnostic Assessment of Non-Verbal Accuracy (DANVA) at age 8.5 years while academic attainment was measured using data on UK Key Stage 4 (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at 16 years (outcome). The teacher’s version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was used to measure children’s peer relationship problems at 10–11 years (mediator). We adjusted for area-level socio-economic status and child’s early academic attainment, and examined whether mediation was moderated by sex. The results showed that low facial emotion recognition ability in childhood was associated with low academic attainment at age 16 years. There was evidence of mediation via peer problems, with an estimated 19% of the total effect mediated by errors in emotion recognition. Further analyses showed that there was no difference in mediation for boys versus girls. The findings suggest that children’s facial emotion recognition ability and peer relationships should be potential targets for programmes that aim to improve children’s educational attainment and their social and emotional competence.  相似文献   

析婚姻法中的探望权     

张新 《安顺学院学报》2004,(1)

探望权是修订后的婚姻法新设定的一项离婚后的父母基于亲子关系而产生的身份权。该权利的设立不仅有助于离婚父母亲权的实现,而且有利于未成年人的健康成长,因此,有必要对婚姻法规定的探望权的性质、特征、行使及强制执行等问题进行探讨。  相似文献   

就听力问题对幼儿家长所做的调查   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王强虹 《中国特殊教育》1996,(3)

为了解幼儿家长对孩子听力情况的了解程度，本文作者自编了一份包括１４个问题的问卷，在西南师范大学附属幼儿园对幼儿家长做了一次调查。结果警示：家长对孩子的听力健康关心不够，不少家长对诸多问题作出“不知道”的回答。结果同时表明，在普通幼儿园的正常孩子中也有一些孩子存在着听力方面的异常情况，应该引起广大家长、幼教工作者和特教工作者的关注。此外，本次调查还反映出一个情况，为幼儿听力检查提供服务的机构太少。最后，调查证实，噪声污染对孩子的听力影响很大。  相似文献   

无法跨越的界限——《河岸》的成长叙事     

赵伟 《齐齐哈尔师范高等专科学校学报》2012,(5):45-46

苏童在长篇小说《河岸》中,讲述了一个少年的故事,描写了这位少年在成长过程中遭受到的孤独感,跨越父母的影响以及性意识萌生的问题,这些问题恰恰在成人眼中显得不足为奇。"河岸"对少年与成人来说都是彼岸,如何连通彼此,苏童没有给出答案,但他提出的问题却不仅关注现实,也关怀人生。  相似文献   

Parents with intellectual disabilities seeking professional parenting support: The role of working alliance,stress and informal support     

《Child abuse & neglect》2014,38(9):1478-1486

Delaying or refraining from seeking advice and support in difficult parenting situations is identified as an important risk factor for child abuse and neglect. This study tested whether the extent of delays in support seeking is associated with working alliance for parents with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) and whether the importance of working alliance may depend on parenting stress and availability of informal support. Delays in support seeking were measured as parental latency (time waited) to approach the support worker. This latency was assessed in the intended response to hypothetical situations (vignettes) and in the reported behavioral response to real life difficult parenting situations from the preceding weeks. Multiple regression analyses were conducted for testing main and interaction effects of predictors on latency for support seeking. Better quality of the working alliance was associated with shorter intended latency to seek support for parents with MID, if parents had little access to informal support. Higher parenting stress predicted a shorter latency for intended support seeking. Parental support seeking intentions were positively associated with support seeking behavior. A good quality of the working alliance might be important to connect needs of parents with MID to resources that professional support can offer, in particular for the most vulnerable parents. Parental reluctance to seek professional support may be the result of a combination of risk and protective factors and is not always a sign of poor working alliance. Implications for risk assessment and support practice are discussed.  相似文献