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Alshboul, Ruba; Fawaris, Haifa; Alshbool, Asmaa – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: the Islamic schooling quality is a global requirement that has drawn the attention of several recent studies and policymakers. The primary objective of the current study was to examine the impact of parental focus such as their demand of quality education and their concerns regarding school environment, parental beliefs such as…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Parent Attitudes, Educational Quality, Islam
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Beauregard, France; Petrakos, Harriet; Dupont, Audrey – School Community Journal, 2014
The immigrant population is increasing steadily every year in Canada and in Quebec, in particular. The immigrant population is made up largely of families, most of whom have school-age children. However, we have little information on the practices these parents adopt when they become involved in their children's schooling. In this study, 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Participation, Educational Practices
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Levine, Kathryn A.; Sutherland, Dawn – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2013
Parent involvement in children's education remains one of the most significant predictors for children's academic achievement. This finding generally holds across the range of social group categories including race, culture, class, and family structure. However, relatively little research has been conducted on parental involvement in children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Attitudes
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Dubeau, Diane; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Suzanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The relative integration of fathers into the parental unit clearly poses numerous conceptual and methodological challenges despite the considerable progress that has been made in this area. Important social changes that have occurred over a relatively short period of time have resulted in a redefinition of parental roles which supports the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
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Boudarbat, Brahim; Montmarquette, Claude – Education Economics, 2009
This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using data from the Canadian National Graduate Survey. The sample of 18,708 graduates holding a Bachelor degree is interesting in itself, knowing that these students completed their study and thus represent a pool of high-quality individuals. What impact do…
Descriptors: Graduate Surveys, Gender Differences, Student Educational Objectives, Majors (Students)
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Costigan, Catherine; Su, Tina F. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
This study explored the predictors of parenting cognitions among 94 married immigrant Chinese couples with early-adolescent children in Canada. Mothers and fathers separately completed questionnaires assessing their culturally based parenting cognitions (interdependent childrearing goals, family obligation expectations and Chinese parent role…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Role, Child Rearing, Questionnaires