Families for our times

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Familiesfor our times
March 2007
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Factors shaping educationaloutcomes
? childs
characteristics
? family characteristics
? parental involvement
? school quality
? community
? peer group
? family support
services
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Good parenting
? at home
? authoritative not authoritarian
? conversation/discussion
? confers respect values
attitudes
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Effects of parents/effect of schools
achievement parents / school
effects
age 7
0.29 / 0.05
age 11 0.27
/ 0.21
age 16
0.14 / 0.51
from Sacker et al (2002)
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Barriers to parental involvement
? extreme poverty and social
chaos
? substance abuse
? depression
? the difficult child
? lack of confidence or
knowledge
? alternative values
? barriers set up by schools
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Dynamics of families
? parents are human
? parents do not run
families
? children are
significant players
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Charles Desforges c.w.desforges_at_exeter.ac.uk