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Involving Parents in Improving Children's Learning at School: Policy Issues for Behavioural Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Ted Glynn ,
Rachel Fairweather  and
Steven Donald
Ted Glynn
Affiliation:
Education Department, University of Otago
Rachel Fairweather
Affiliation:
Education Department, University of Otago
Steven Donald
Affiliation:
Education Department, University of Otago
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Abstract

This paper examines some of the policy issues arising from behavioural approaches to involving parents in improving their children's learning at school. Issues raised include (a) the researcher's role in establishing equitable partnerships between parents and teachers, (b) reducing educational inequalities, and (c) designing research to examine generalisation of children's learning across home and school settings, and the effects of implementing components of intervention at home and at school. The paper discusses particular challenges for applied behavioural research presented by each of these issues.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 178 - 185
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1992

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