The Study of Parents’ Participation in Shibkoh Elementary School from Principals and Teachers Perspective in the School Year 2014-2015
Seyed Ahmad Hashemi1*, Mohammad Rahimi2
1Department of education, Lamerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lamerd, Iran
2M.A Student education research, Lamerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lamerd, Iran
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of parents’ participation in Shibkoh elementary school from principals and teachers perspective. The research in term of the purpose is applied and in term of data collection is description-survey. The population of the survey consists of all elementary teachers and principals in Shibkoh elementary schools in the academic year 2014-2015. The number of sample 179 that 123 of whom are male and 56 of them are women given the small size of the study with tutors using total census population was selected. Instruments included a questionnaire and receipt of registration information. Validity was confirmed by experts and using factor analysis 0.82 was confirmed and Questionnaire reliability using Cronbach's alpha method was 0.83. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential static. The results showed that the parents’ participation of students in the all dimensions (financial, information, education, decision-making and oversight) is inappropriate and there is a significant difference between male and female teachers' views about the participation of parents, students sig 0.05 with regard to the financial participation of parents in schools, but in other aspects of parents’ participation there is no significant difference between male and female teachers' views.
Keywords Parent; Financial Participation; Information Participation; Educational Participation; Decision-Making Participation; Regulatory Participation
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