1st Edition

International Perspectives on Student Outcomes and Homework Family-School-Community Partnerships

Edited By Rollande Deslandes Copyright 2009
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This synthesis of the latest knowledge on homework presents unique findings by researchers from various countries and diverse professional backgrounds.  It approaches the topic of homework from several perspectives, including its political and cultural contexts aspects of parental involvement and parent-child relationships school contexts and practices... Read more

Introduction

1. Family, School, and Community Partnerships under the Perspectives of Student Outcomes and Homework

 

PART 1

FAMILY-SCHOOL-COMMUNITY-PARTNERSHIPS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES

1. Parental Involvement Supports Better Student Learning

Kathleen HOOVER-DEMPSEY, Crista L. GREEN and Manya C. WHITAKER ,Vanderbilt University, TE, U.S.

2. Four Key Policy Questions About Parent Engagement What The Evidence Has To Say

Kenneth LEITHWOOD, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PART 2

FAMILY-SCHOOL RELATIONS AND HOMEWORK

3. Parent Involvement in Homework

Erika A. PATALL and Harris COOPER, Duke University, NC, USA

4. Homework in Denmark

Birte RAVN, The Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark

5. Parents and Children's Homework in France

Dominique Glassman, Université de Savoie, France

6. Parents’ Perspectives on Homework United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Japan

Susan HALLAM, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

7. Gender, Homework and Family-School Relations

Maria Eulina PESSOA DE CARVALHO, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil

8. Perceptions of Child’s Invitations to Parents’ Involvement on Student Homework

Claire SAFONT-MOTTAY, Nathalie OUBRAYRIE-ROUSSEL, Odette LESCARRET, et Hervé LARROZE-MARRACQ, Université de Toulouse le Mirail, France

9. Long-Term Parent-Child Dyad Relationships and Management Strategies with Respect to Homework at the Elementary and the Secondary Levels

Rollande DESLANDES, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Michel ROUSSEAU, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski.

10. Does Family Involvement Make a Difference? Investigating the Longitudinal Effects of a Math Homework Intervention

Frances L. Van VOORHIS, Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Johns Hopkins University, MD., U.S.

Biography

Rollande Deslandes is a full tenure Professor in the Department of Education at Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (Canada). She received a Research Excellence award from the University in 2004. For several years she has been involved with the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Family, School, Community Partnership (SIG), the European Research Network of Parents in Education (ERNAPE) and the Association Internationale en Education Familiale (AIFREF).