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Parents' Educational Involvement: Types of Resources and Forms of Involvement in Four Countries
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Strømme, Thea Bertnes; Helland, Håvard – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Parents' involvement in schooling and education is highly important for children's results. Still, both levels of involvement and their effects vary according to social class. Previous research on educational reproduction within the family has, however, largely studied differences between the middle and the working class, and generally ignored…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Social Class, Cultural Capital, Foreign Countries
Picking Winners: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Educational Outcomes in India
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Darko, Christian K.; Vasilakos, Nicholas – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
We use data from the Young Lives longitudinal survey to analyse the effect of socioeconomic conditions and gender on the educational performance of young children in India. In particular, we use data for standardised scores on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and a maths test. Our results show that there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Gender Differences
The Contribution of Cultural Capital to Students' Mathematics Achievement in Medium and High Socioeconomic Gradient Economies
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Tan, Cheng Yong – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The present study addresses the issue of how different forms of cultural capital may influence children's mathematics achievement in economies with different socioeconomic gradients. Data from 73,178 parent-child dyads from 10 economies with different socioeconomic gradients who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Parent Child Relationship
The Limits of Social Class in Explaining Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment
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Strand, Steve – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
This paper reports an analysis of the educational attainment and progress between age 11 and age 14 of over 14,500 students from the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. The mean attainment gap in national tests at age 14 between White British and several ethnic minority groups was large, more than three times…
Descriptors: Social Class, Student Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
Parental Involvement in Education in and out of School.
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West, Anne; Noden, Philip; Edge, Ann; David, Miriam – British Educational Research Journal, 1998
Explores the ways in which mothers and fathers are involved in their children's education both in and out of school. Indicates that mothers generally assume overriding responsibility for their children's education. Reports that the more highly educated mothers try to increase their children's chances of success in the educational system. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Mothers, Parent Aspiration
Pre-school Literacy Experiences of Children in Punjabi, Urdu and Gujerati Speaking Families in England.
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Hirst, Kath – British Educational Research Journal, 1998
Discusses a survey of family literacy in which 30 Asian families with preschool children, whose first language is Urdu, Punjabi, or Gujerati, shared their home literacy experiences. Reports that parents encourage extensive preschool activities in the home, have high aspirations for the their children's education, and show an interest in…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Research, Ethnic Groups, Family Attitudes