Full Description
Around the world, education is regarded as an institution which can substantially aid individuals, providing them with the knowledge and skills they will need to obtain jobs, achieve financial success, and lead better lives. Across virtually all family relationships, there is an inseparable connection between education and the family. This volume of Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research is a broad examination of this correlation.
The second of two connected volumes, Education and the Family: Parental Involvement Practices in the Home and School features diverse theoretical and methodological chapters which explore the interactions between two crucial institutions: the family and education system. With enormous implications for determining life outcomes, this rich edited collection on the role the impact on familial engagement and involvement in the home. Chapters cover a wide array of topics, such as: family emotional support for students, family stressors and education, gendered nature of parental support, cultural variation in parental engagement and involvement, among others.
Education and the Family: Parental Involvement Practices in the Home and School is appealing reading for scholars of family sociology, the sociology of education, and childhood and youth alike.
Contents
Chapter 1. Personal and Social Development of Children in the Online Space from the Perspective of Slovak Parents; Gabriela Šarníková
Chapter 2. Addressing Gender and Advanced Degrees: The Educational Gradient in Time Spent in Childcare for Mothers and Fathers from 2012-2021; Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, Anne K. Johnson, and Ahmed Almousa
Chapter 3. Attending School while Living at Home: Increased Inequalities among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Soo-Yeon Yoon, Jiwon Choi, Analyn Mapoy, and Kaleena Wong
Chapter 4. Building Efficient Parents-School Collaboration in Norway: A Focus on Immigrant Parents' Voices; Ruta Zabityte Andreassen, Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen, and Mariya Riekkinen
Chapter 5. Home Based Parental Involvement: Intersections of Gender, Childcare, Families and the Economy in Post-Socialist Romania; Irina Elena Ion, Raluca Popescu, and Laura Grünberg
Chapter 6. Samoan Perspectives on Children and Education; Epenesa Esera and Kuinileti Lauina Viliamu
Chapter 7. Family and Sexual Education: "They are from the Devil". Scandal, Rejection, and Progress in the New Textbooks in Mexico; Maricela Guzmán Cáceres
Chapter 8. Child-Centered Relatedness and Parents' Care Work in Education in Singapore; Kristina Göransson
