ERIC Number: EJ1045481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Sep
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-6846
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Parent Social Networks and Parent Responsibility: Implications for School Leadership
Curry, Katherine A.; Adams, Curt M.
Journal of School Leadership, v24 n5 p918-948 Sep 2014
Family-school partnerships are difficult to initiate and sustain in ways that actually promote student learning, especially in high-poverty communities. This quantitative study was designed to better understand how social forces shape parent responsibility in education. Based on social cognitive theory as the conceptual framework, the relationships between parent responsibility and two types of parent social networks were tested according to a partially latent structural equation model. Findings indicate limited contact among parents in schools and a positive, statistically significant relationship between both types of networks and parent responsibility.
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Social Networks, Statistical Analysis, Poverty, Parent Responsibility, Social Cognition, Social Theories, Parent Child Relationship, Correlation, Structural Equation Models, Goodness of Fit, Models, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Role, Measures (Individuals), Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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