Review of Literature

Write a brief paragraph that develops the purpose of the study and state the primary question that will guide your research. You might consider focusing on how schools promote first before addressing the effects on students. How do your first and third category differ? Are they not all the benefits of parent involvement? What about the challenges?

Activity 3.1: Review of Literature
Literature review outline

How students are affected by parents’ involvement in school
•    Performance (Hara & Burke, 1998)
•    Behaviour (Hara & Burke, 1998)
•    Adaptation (Hara & Burke, 1998)
How schools promote parent involvement
•    Parenting (Map & Henderson, 2002)
•    Communicating (Map & Henderson, 2002)
•    Volunteering (Map & Henderson, 2002)
•    Learning at home (Map & Henderson, 2002)
•    Decision-making (Map & Henderson, 2002)
•    Community collaboration (Map & Henderson, 2002)
Results of parent involvement
•    Higher grades, higher scores and enrolment in higher education programs (Department of Education, 2010)
•    Students are promoted to higher classes (Department of Education, 2010)
•    Students attend school regularly (Department of Education, 2010)
•    Students acquire better social skills and improve their behaviour (Department of Education, 2010)
•    Higher chances of graduating and enrolling in post-secondary education (Department of Education, 2010)
References
•    Department of Education. (2010). The importance of teaching: The schools white paper 2010. London: Crown Copyright, The Government of U.K
•    Map, L.K., & Henderson, T.A. (2002). A new wave of evidence: The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement. SEDL, Annual Synthesis
•    Hara, R.S., & Burke, J.D. (1998). Parent involvement: the key to improved student achievement. School community Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2