Identifier	Diss 130
Author	Cristofaro, Victor, 1973-
Title	Parental Involvement in Education : The Voices of the Karen People
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2019
Resource Type	Dissertation
Abstract	This transformative phenomenological study seeks to explore the subtle aspects of parental involvement in the Karen community. The research questions explored the parental expectations of Karen parents and how these expectations were impacting their children's success in school. The research questions also explored how Karen parents were communicating with children at home and how their parenting style was affecting the children's academic success. Conceptually, this study was framed on the findings that the subtle aspects of parental involvement have the greatest impact on academic success. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews and focus groups with parents and adult children. Participants were selected from a Karen community in an urban city using a convenience sampling in collaboration with the local organization responsible for the resettlement of refugees. The urban city selected has a concentration of Karen refuges that resettled from refugee camps in Thailand. The participants' responses were coded to find patterns and triangulated using the review of records. A look at the subtle aspects of parental involvement was apt to provide schools with a greater understanding of how refugee parents could create a home environment of high expectations, communication, and positive parenting that has been found to have the greatest impact on academic success. This study contributes to positive social change by shifting how we perceive parental involvement among refugee families. Implications for policy, practice, and further research are also discussed.
Notes	"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education."; Dissertation advisor: Olusegun Sogunro.; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2019.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-118).
Subject	Karen (Southeast Asian people)--Education--United States. Refugees--Education--United States. Education--Parent participation.
Department	Department of Educational Leadership
Advisor	Sogunro, Olusegun Agboola
Type	Text
Software	System requirements: PC and World Wide Web browser.
Language	eng
OCLC number	1106014592
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