Sheffield Governors’ Conference September 2008
The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement Professor Charles Desforges OBE
Implications for Governors knowledge understanding vision strategic planning
School achievement skills esp: literacy attitudes esp: responsibility persistence values esp: citizenship learning
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Factors shaping educational outcomes child’s characteristics family characteristics parental involvement school quality community peer group family support services
Effects of parents/effect of schools achievement parents / school effects age / 0.05 age / 0.21 age / 0.51 from Sacker et al (2002)
Good parenting authoritative not authoritarian conversation/discussion at home confers respect values attitudes impact long lasting and far reaching
Barriers to parental involvement extreme poverty and social chaos substance abuse depression the difficult relationship lack of confidence or knowledge alternative values barriers set up by schools
Implications s trategy for parent support analysis vision personalisation resourcing partnerships
The extended reach of school learningsocialhealth pupil family community
Multi agency provision works when there is: - focus on achievement - a named coordinator - explicit evaluation systems - feedback loops closed - enduring funding - continuous CPD
References BECTA at Cummings, C. et at (2005) Evaluation of the full service extended schools project. London. DfES Research Report 680 (free download) Desforges, D., and Abouchaar, A. (2003) The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement DfES Research Report 433 DfES (2005) The shape of things to come: personalised learning through collaboration. Download from ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. Hallam et al (2004) Improving children’s behaviour and attendance through the use of parenting programmes DfES Research Report 585 Conts/….
References References Higgins, S. et al (2005) A meta-analysis of the impact of the implementation of thinking skills approaches on pupils. Downloadable from Moran,P., and Ghate, D. (2004) What works in parenting support DfES Research Report 574 New South Wales Department of Education and Training (TALE project) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2007) Independent Study into School Leadership, London; DfES, Research Report 818 Valentine, G. (et al) (2005) Children and young people’s home use of ICT for educational purposes. The impact of attainment at KS London. DfES. Research Report 672 (free download from the DfES research section) (see also Research Report 680 and Research Report 681 for recent evaluations of extended schools)
Charles Desforges