Preparing 21st Century Learners: Parent Involvement Strategies for Encouraging Students' Self-Regulated Learning

Abstract

Current thinking in education reform focuses on how we can prepare students to be successful in both the classroom and their professional careers. Preparing students for their lives beyond school is an important role of education, and this includes encouraging students to be independent and self-regulated learners. Cultivating an adaptive motivational foundation ideally begins in the early years of a student's academic career, and it is best achieved through a collective effort by educators and parents to support students' learning needs. This article addresses strategies for developing parent involvement activities in an environment of shared responsibility and respectful dialogue between home and school.