A survey on the optimal strategies for effective participation of the parents and the public in schools

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

مریم  افضل خانی ¹ (1استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد گرمسار، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، گرمسار، ایران)
مژگان  عبدی پاکروان ² (2دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت آموزشی، واحد گرمسار، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، گرمسار، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: financial dimensions, education and communication of executive staff, Elementary schools, effective engagement, optimum methods in engagement, IT, Parents, culture,

Abstract :

This research through employing survey method investigates optimum methods in effective engagement of parents and the public in schools within 15 zone of Tehran Municipality in 2011-2012. Statistical population in this research includes all principals of the elementary schools within this zone (95) and 381 parent selected by using cluster random sampling method. In this research, the researcher seeks to find out about the impact of the constituents culture, information technology, financial dimensions, education and communication on attraction of parent’s engagement. Data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire containing 23 closed questions in a five scales and also the answers to the questions are designed in Likert Scale. The questionnaire’s validity was examined using the views of scholars and experts, while its reliability was 0.82 according to the Cronbakh alpha. For calculation and analysis of the obtained data, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, table and diagram) and inferential statistics (single-sample T test) were employed. The obtained results indicate a significant relationship between culture, IT, financial dimensions, education and communication of the executive staffs and parents. In addition, the relationship of engagement with culture and IT with a mean of 22.9 and 11.6 respectively has been found the strongest and weakest.