This study aimed to better understand of the factors that contribute to and hinder parent participation in their child's school Governing Board [GB] using a values-costs perspective. By being a member in GB, parents can actively participate in the decision-making processes of their child's school. A sample of 3,250 parents (87% mothers; 515 GB…

This research explores my social studies teacher educator practice and my attempts to teach about environmental sustainability. The research questions were: How can I get involved in the environmental sustainability movement on my campus as a teacher educator? What obstacles do I face? What actions do I take? Two differing cultural paradigms, with…

Situated in Minnesota counties representing the rapidly diversifying urban-rural continuum, this study seeks to understand how high school age youth experience belonging, or not, in these changing environments and develop civic engagement through an arts-based participatory educational program. We argue that arts-based and participatory approaches…

Applying a three-level meta-analysis, the goal of our investigation was to examine the relationship between parental homework involvement and students' achievement, and to study whether certain study features could have resulted in the inconsistent results regarding this relationship across primary studies. We identified a total of 28 studies (32…

This design research study describes how one mentor teacher-teacher candidate dyad co-learned to promote student engagement and participation through using a "Collaborative Learning Structure" (CLS) tool that we are developing. We share how the dyad used the CLS, with support from a professional development facilitator and fellow…

The U.S. homeschool population is of similar magnitude to the private and charter sectors. It is also growing and diversifying, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent growth, little is known about parents who choose to homeschool their children today. Even less is known about why parents choose this type of education. Parental…

Since 1999, the Bologna Process has advocated towards a new teaching paradigm, the so-called student-centred approach to learning, as well as towards more coherence of the higher education system across Europe. This paper explores how co-creation of course contents and learning activities, for and with students, may be implemented to sustain a…

This study examined the satisfaction and frustration of parents' needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness contextualized to their involvement on the governing board (GB) of their child's school. This form of parental school involvement is energy- and time-consuming but vital for the functioning of schools. Parental needs were also linked to…

This community-based participatory project explored levels of father-friendliness across local organizations and schools in a small urban community. Survey results indicated that K-12 schools reported the lowest levels of father-friendliness in the community as compared to other sectors. In response to these findings, a local fatherhood coalition…

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the world to change education policies in educational institutions. For example, Jordan's Ministry of Higher Education has allowed courses in academic programs to be taught in three types of education: distance e-learning, blended education, and traditional education. Hence this study came to reveal students'…

To investigate the effects previous experience on the impressions of parents regarding computer programming, a survey was carried out before and after parent-children workshops were conducted. The results of the survey showed that the impressions of the participants regarding computer programming after the workshops became more positive than…

In this interactive presentation, we will discuss how to actively involve students regardless of modality and delivery. We will discuss the importance of creating daily announcements, weekly videos, and posting daily in discussion forums. We will discuss substantive posting and how to facilitate and lead discussion forums that include the ABC's of…

This paper proposes internship crafting as a strategy for addressing a range of challenges encountered by students, host organizations, and educators involved in the planning and undertaking of internships. Challenges include work that lacks relevance to students' aspirations, host organizations' difficulty in judging the amounts and types of work…

The growing number of autistic adults challenges the limited adult service system. While data on service use and barriers are available, there is limited information from the individual's perspective on which services are most helpful in adulthood and how service use is connected to community participation outcomes. Forty autistic adults…

While a growing body of literature focuses the practices and value associated with the myriad different ways of educational engagement practices by Black and other Families of Color, most of the literature comes from the perspective of teachers, administrators, or parents and other caregivers. The perspectives of youth are typically overlooked,…