TY - CHAP
T1 - School choice and parent involvement among Australian children starting school
AU - Daniel, Graham
AU - Wang, Cen
AU - Murray, Elizabeth
AU - Harrison, Linda J.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this chapter, we examine the connection between school choice and parent-school involvement in an Australian sample of over 3700 6–7 year-old children. Parents provided information on the type of school the child attended (government-public, Catholic, independent-private), the most important reason for their choice, and whether they had visited the child’s classroom, contacted a teacher, attended a school event, and volunteered at the school. Results showed that, overall, Australian parents had participated in 2.84 activities; however, higher levels of involvement were reported by parents whose choice was based on school academic reputation, availability of specific programs, or religious teachings (average = 3.00) compared to parents whose choice was based on convenience (average = 2.69) or familiarity (average = 2.76). Involvement also differed by type of school, but when both school type and reasons were included in the analyses, school type was no longer a significant predictor of parent school-based involvement. Level of parent-school involvement was largely determined by parents’ reasons for school choice.
AB - In this chapter, we examine the connection between school choice and parent-school involvement in an Australian sample of over 3700 6–7 year-old children. Parents provided information on the type of school the child attended (government-public, Catholic, independent-private), the most important reason for their choice, and whether they had visited the child’s classroom, contacted a teacher, attended a school event, and volunteered at the school. Results showed that, overall, Australian parents had participated in 2.84 activities; however, higher levels of involvement were reported by parents whose choice was based on school academic reputation, availability of specific programs, or religious teachings (average = 3.00) compared to parents whose choice was based on convenience (average = 2.69) or familiarity (average = 2.76). Involvement also differed by type of school, but when both school type and reasons were included in the analyses, school type was no longer a significant predictor of parent school-based involvement. Level of parent-school involvement was largely determined by parents’ reasons for school choice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083965471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-58329-7_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-58329-7_9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319583273
T3 - International perspectives on early childhood education and development
SP - 131
EP - 143
BT - Families and transition to school
A2 - Dockett, Sue
A2 - Griebel, Wilfried
A2 - Perry, Bob
PB - Springer, Springer Nature
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -