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CONNECTING PARENTS AND SCHOOLS:
EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS AND BUILDING BRIDGES TO A MORE
UNIFIED EDUCATION COMMUNITY
by
Kent Peterson
______________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Kent Peterson
Object Description
| Title | Connecting parents and schools: examining perceptions and building bridges to a more unified education community |
| Author | Peterson, Kent |
| Author email | Kentpeterson2@gmail.com; kentpete@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-18 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Pensavalle, Margo |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hirabayashi, Kimberly Perez, Judith |
| Abstract | This qualitative case study utilized sociocultural learning theory to examine the perceptions parents, teachers, and administrators have concerning parent involvement at an urban elementary school. This study also examined the extent to which parent involvement framework components were utilized to enhance parental engagement, and if they were contextually relevant at this school site.; Qualitative methodologies were used to collect data, namely interviews, focus groups, and observations. A total of 20 people were interviewed, 13 subjects participated in 4 focus groups, and over 15 hours of data were collected via observation. The findings showed that there are differing parent involvement perceptions and definitions of among parents, teachers, and administrators at one school site, contributing to a growing gap between parents and educators regarding procedural and philosophical parent involvement issues. Due to these varying perceptions, there is also a distinct lack of a common language that parents, educators, and the research community agree upon concerning parent involvement.; Data also confirmed that parent involvement framework components were not utilized with regularity at this urban elementary school. The data also state that aspects of parent involvement frameworks need revision to apply to this school site in order for them to be contextually relevant. |
| Keyword | parent involvement; perceptions and attitudes; education communities; parent and teacher communication |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 2009 |
| 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-m3021 |
| Rights | Peterson, Kent |
| 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-Peterson-3610 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Peterson-3610.pdf |
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| Full text | CONNECTING PARENTS AND SCHOOLS: EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS AND BUILDING BRIDGES TO A MORE UNIFIED EDUCATION COMMUNITY by Kent Peterson ______________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Kent Peterson |
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