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FACTORS THAT PROMOTE OR INHIBIT THE INVOLVEMENT
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM
by
Lillie Faye McClendon
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Lillie Faye McClendon
Object Description
| Title | Factors that promote or inhibit the involvement of African American parents in a community college early childhood education program |
| Author | McClendon, Lillie Faye |
| Author email | lmcclend@usc.edu; lilliefmcclendon@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-09 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-05-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Baca, Reynaldo R. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hollins, Etta R. Fuller, Chaulmaine B. |
| Abstract | The purpose of the study was to explore the factors that influence involvement or non-involvement in the educational experiences of children at home and in a community college early childhood education program. The theoretical concept of "parental role construction" is used to examine African American parental involvement at the preschool level in a community college child development center. To gain a clearer understanding of parental involvement, twelve individual parents were interviewed in relation to their involvement in school and home based educational activities. A parent answered questions about the school-based and home-based activities that they considered necessary for self-efficacy in their involvement to help their children succeed.; Results of this study suggest that college educated African American parents believed their involvement in the early childhood educational process to be of high importance. The major findings in this research indicated that eight of the twelve parents' participation was rated in the category "more involved" in all areas. The four "less involved" parents volunteered for fewer school activities and attended fewer parent meetings, often due to challenges experienced with their employment schedules. Additional findings point to the important role teacher's play in parental involvement as teachers' invitation to parents to take part in their children's homework activities seemed to lead to greater involvement. Convenient scheduling for school-based activities and parent/teacher meetings should be considered for future investigations and practices. |
| Keyword | African American; early childhood; preschool education; parent involvement; general education |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2212 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | McClendon, Lillie Faye |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-McClendon-2862 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-McClendon-2862.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | FACTORS THAT PROMOTE OR INHIBIT THE INVOLVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM by Lillie Faye McClendon A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2009 Copyright 2009 Lillie Faye McClendon |
