Parents' Own School Recollections Influence Their Perception of the Functioning of Their Child's School

Autor/in	Raty, Hannu
Titel	Parents' Own School Recollections Influence Their Perception of the Functioning of Their Child's School
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 22 (2007) 3, S.387-398 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
Schlagwörter	Grade 5; Grade 1; Grade 3; Elementary Schools; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Followup Studies; Educational Experience; Parent Attitudes; Satisfaction; Predictor Variables; Preschool Children; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Vocational Education; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Bildungserfahrung; Elternverhalten; Zufriedenheit; Prädiktor; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Finnland
Abstract	This follow-up study set out to examine whether parents' recollections of their own school would predict their degree of satisfaction with the functioning of their child's school. A group of academically educated and vocationally educated parents with a child in preschool (N=391) were asked to think back to their primary school days and evaluate their school; these parents were then asked to indicate their satisfaction with the functioning of their child's school once the child had reached the first, the third and the fifth grade. The parents' recollections were found to influence their degree of satisfaction: among the academically educated respondents, the parents with relatively positive recollections showed higher levels of satisfaction than the parents with relatively negative recollections did; and among the vocationally educated respondents, the mothers with relatively positive recollections indicated higher levels of satisfaction than the mothers with relatively negative recollections did. It was suggested that parents' recollections may be seen as an experience-based component of their general attitude towards education. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada. Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal. Tel: +351-21-881-1700; Fax: +351-21-886-0954; Web site: http://www.ispa.pt/ISPA/vEN/Public(Porguguese and English translation)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10