The study of parental participation in school education among special education school senior high students’ parents

• Main Authors: Tsang-Yao Lu, 呂滄堯
• Other Authors: Li-Hua Ren
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43932749569215059790

碩士 === 中原大學 === 特殊教育研究所 === 100 === The aims of this study were to explore parental participation in school education among senior high vocational students in special education school, factors affecting participation, and strategies to promote parental involvement. In addition, to analyze whether parents and students’ backgrounds were related to parents’ attitude in school participation. The subjects of this study were parents of intellectually impaired senior high students in one of the Northern part of special education schools. This survey research utilized a self-developed questionnaire for data collection. A total of 396 questionnaires were sent out and 294 returned. Among these 294 questionnaires, 275 were valid for data analyses. Therefore, the return rate was 74.2%, and the valid questionnaire rate was 69.4%. The results of the study were as follows: 1. In all 6 aspects of attitude toward school education participations, these parents all had positive attitude in school education participation. The “ Parent-teacher information exchange” ranked the most positive, “advocacy for parents’ opinion” ranked the second positive. And “involvement with students’ learning” ranked the third highest. 2. Statistical analyses results showed that mostly were no significantly differences among different parents’ backgrounds and school education participation. However, whether was parental representative or not in school, and parental gender had significant differences in school education participation. 3. In overall attitude in school participation, there were no statistically significance between students’ backgrounds and parental participation in school education. Only students’ grade related to parental participation. 4. “Lack of time to participate in school education”, “School does not provide proper transportation”, “Lack of contact among parents”, and “Lack of understanding in regulations and rules” were four major factors hindered parental participation in school education. Among these 4 factors, “Lack of time to participate in school education” was the worst hindrance. 5. Most parents suggested school should take the initiative to plan parent-teacher communication times and channels. In addition, when planning activities, school should consider parents’ needs, provide more flexible time arrangement, transportation, and proper rest area. In addition, school should not only assist parents to plan parental education classes, but also strongly encourage parents to attend. These factors can enhance parental participation in school education. According to the results of the findings, the researcher recommded some practical suggestions for parents, school administrators and future research.