The Joy Of Learning

Importance of parental involvement

Parents education is considered a very important part of Montessori education. Ideally, before a child to be accepted into a Montessori program, the parents are to be interviewed to ensure their philosophy of education and level of involvement are consistent with what the school desired.

Parents are expected to involve and participate in the educational process of their children in a variety of ways. They can get involved in helping their children improve their schoolwork by providing encouragement, prepared the right environment at home conducive for learning and modeling desired behavior (such as reading for pleasure). Those who do not work outside of home can also serve as classroom volunteers, homework assistance, or involve in decision making and other aspects of school governance.

Children achievement and learning outcomes are positively related to parent involvement in education of their children, the more intensively involve they are, more beneficial are the achievement effects. This hold true for all types of parent involvement and for all ages of students. However, parents differ greatly in their willingness, ability, and available time for involvement in school activities and their children educational process. In order for the parent involvement programs to run successfully, schools need a variety of parental involvement resources, so that they can offer a variety of ways which parents can participate. Schools that can provide a continuum of options for parent participation usually have successful, well organized and long lasting parent participation efforts.

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