Journal Article

Research

Afra Salem H00272475

Fatima Obaid H00298145

Introduction

Family Involvement In Early Childhood Education

The study was implemented in U.S.
Link between family involvement in early childhood to outcomes and programs
that have been evaluated to show what works.
Purpose/Aim:
To show that family involvement can be encouraged with positive results for young
children and their school willingness.
Research Questions

What do effective involvement processes look like?

How do they occur?
Why do the benefits of home-school relationships sustain over time?
 Process and Outcomes

Parenting
Child Outcomes
- Parent-child relationship.
- Participating in child-centered activities. Social competence
Cognitive development
Home-School Relationship
Communication skills
- Communication Literacy development
- Participation
Vocabulary growth

Responsibility for learning outcomes Expressive language

Comprehension skills
- Reading in the home
- Parent-child conversation Positive engagement with peers,
adults, and learning.
 Main Findings

Better communication and social skills.

Parenting Literacy and behavior development.

Home-School Relationship Positive engagement with peers, adults and learning.

Children from professional families: Greater rates of vocabulary growth.

Responsibility for learning
Children from welfare families: Richer forms of language use and
outcomes interaction.
How the findings are related to
the UAE context
Preschool:
Low interaction with the children.
Dont read stories at home.

During the school:

Parent- teacher meeting.
Participating in school activities.
Reference

Bronfenbrenner, U. (2006). Family involvement makes difference. Family

involvement in early childhood education, 1 - 4.