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Parental Engagement at Home Matters Most

March 11, 2015

Father helping son with homework
Father helping son with homework

An article from Maine’s Bangor Daily News shares some interesting research regarding parental engagement in education. According to this article, “Overwhelmingly, research strongly indicates that parents’ educational interactions with their children at home have a more significant, positive effect on student learning outcomes than most types of parent engagement in school.”

And what does this home-based parental engagement look like?

“Studies suggest the most effective strategy for parents is engaging in collaborative homework and educational activities in the home. This might involve asking questions about characters and themes in a reading assignment, reading together or playing a math game together.”

The article points to the importance of having educational resources in the home. To help out, the article recommends that schools provide enrichment materials and create a lending library for students. And as always, the key is parental communication:

Parent communication with children about their learning strongly influences students’ motivation and achievement.

You can read the whole article which includes four key characteristics of effective parental engagement by clicking here. England has also recently begun to talk about the importance of home learning. You can read about that by clicking here.

 

Filed Under: Parental Engagement Tagged With: home, parental engagement, parents

Embrace Awkward: How Awkward Online Parents Can Save the World

January 29, 2015

One of the talks I give is entitled “Embrace Awkward: How Awkward Online Parents can Save the World”. The main premise is that parents are very concerned about their kids living in an online world but don’t feel like they have the skills to teach kids how to be good digital citizens. The reality is that parents are not only the best qualified to teach digital citizenship they are the only ones who have the time to. Read below to see a description of the talk and some of the slides or check out my digital citizenship blog series over at the Demme Learning Blog.

Talk description

Facebook, bullies, and sexts, oh my! Talking with kids about using the internet is about as awkward as talking to them about the birds and the bees. Come learn why, when it comes to teaching digital citizenship to kids, parents matter more and can have a greater impact than peers or educators. Let’s make it easier for parents to be parents online and encourage them to embrace the awkwardness of teaching kids about the digital birds and bees. #EmbraceAwkward

Talk Slides

If you are interested in inviting me to speak on this or any of my other topics just email speaking@ethandemme.com

Filed Under: Parental Engagement Tagged With: digital citizenship, education, embrace awkward, home, parents

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