The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenology was to describe the experiences of college students who encounter negative parental academic involvement. The central question was, what are first- and second-year college students' experiences with negative parental academic involvement? The theory guiding this study was the Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler…

Current understandings of disability experience are centered around individuals who hold the disability identity and membership in the marginalized group. This perspective does not include the experiences of disability allies, such as parents, who act alongside their children to support their access and engagement in the education setting. This…

Parental involvement and student self-regulation are widely recognized as critical factors influencing academic success. However, quantitative research examining the relationship between these two variables remains limited. This study investigated the association between parental involvement and students' self-regulation skills, as well as…

Background: The associations between the characteristics of the home literacy environment (HLE) and children's language and literacy skills have been established in first languages. This study investigated the longitudinal interplay between the father-child and mother-child HLE and children's English language skills as L2. Methods: In this study,…

This paper presents findings from a study investigating the engagement of migrant and refugee parents in supporting the distance education of their children amidst the COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia. While existing research has extensively addressed challenges within online education during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a dearth of research…

This study aimed to determine whether there is a correlation between maternal conversational participation and the unconventional language of autistic children, and whether the relative vocabulary diversity between mother and child would affect the relationship between them. Participants were 39 autistic Mandarin-speaking children, aged 3-6 years,…

Preschool settings play a significant role in promoting physical activity for children under five years. Most of the time, however, is sedentary (50-94%) with only a small percentage devoted to light (5-27%) or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (1-17%). While the experiences children have during childcare hours can impact their physical…

Physical distancing and lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial impact on families' lives, especially those from socioeconomically vulnerable backgrounds. In this context, fast-paced digitalization occurred in significant areas of everyday life, including school education, entertainment, socialization, and work. The literature…

The paper examines the influence of cultural capital from one's family of origin on adult participation in education. International research confirms that factors such as education level, professional status, age, and attitudes significantly explain variations in adult learning. To explore inequalities in adult education participation further, the…

This ethnographic study applies a "language justice" (LJ) lens to the interpreting services provided to linguistically-minoritized families in a California school district. The LJ approach emerged out of immigrant rights organizing in the U.S. Southeast, and can be defined as systematic fair treatment of people of all linguistic…

While K-12 online distance education (ODE) continues to expand, demand-side factors contributing to its growth continue to be understudied. Student and parent experiences of online schooling have had growing attention, particularly during and post COVID-19, while research exploring exit factors remains scant. This literature review considers key…

Phenomenology, as both a philosophy and a research method, is utilized to comprehend and interpret lived experiences. Researchers frequently employ phenomenological methodologies to discern the essence, or core meaning, of shared experiences associated with specific phenomena. This case study delineates the advantages and challenges of using this…

The COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique circumstance for the mass utilisation of digital learning in compulsory education. Official stakeholders in Greece perceived this as a success story leading to Law 5128/2024. The legislation seeks to utilise digitally mediated classrooms focusing on the incorporation of digitalisation into the educational…

Background: Family-school partnerships (FSPs) play an important role in supporting child health and well-being. The current study aimed to develop and validate a psychometrically sound instrument to assess FSPs within the context of child health. Methods: The instrument was developed through a mixed-methods three-phased approach, including pilot…

Although adolescents' social mobility beliefs are thought to be strongly associated with academic achievement, the impact of parental social mobility beliefs on adolescents has not been considered in previous research. The relationship between parents' and adolescents' social mobility beliefs, as well as their associations with adolescents'…