Toward home-school partnership: Parents' perspectives on school-based parent activities in childcare centers in Hong Kong

Toward home-school partnership: Parents' perspectives on school-based parent activities in childcare centers in Hong Kong

• Xiao, Nan The Ohio State University
• Zhang, Xiao The University of Hong Kong
• Xie, Weiyi The University of Hong Kong
• Chan, Wai Ling The Education University of Hong Kong
• Liu, Ting East China Normal University

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2022) (2022: San Diego, US)

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QH Informal Education, Such as Children & Youth Clubs, Youth Counselling & Consultation, Probational Work & Institutes
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AF Family & Development, Family Relationship, Reproduction & Child Rearing, Family Education, Parental Involvement

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Childcare centers are increasingly recognized as education agents, and school-based parent activities are part of home-school partnerships. Based on a survey of 265 parents, this study examined: (1) What made school-based parent activities useful? (2) What factors facilitated or inhibited parents’ participation? (3) What topics interested parents the most? Results showed that both structured activities (e.g., training workshops) and unstructured activities (e.g., parent-child tours) could meet parents’ needs. Parents were more likely to participate in activities that they perceived useful and allowed them to cope with the restrictions imposed by their work and family demands. Parents were most interested in activities that taught them how to deal with their children’s emotions. Finally, parents’ interests and participation varied by demographics. Copyright © 2022 AERA.

Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2022), San Diego, US.

• English

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2022-11-03