In-school parent education: new arguments for an old proposition

Abstract

Parents in dysfunctional family situations and those in intact well-functioning families have distinct requirements for parental learning and parent education. For intact well-functioning families, a developmental–educational paradigm for parent education is more appropriate. Although school-based parent education is ideal for well-functioning families, most policy makers and school leaders have overlooked the utility of this approach. Recent studies, however, have provided further support for in-school parent education. This paper presents some of the results from new research on parental learning and offers findings in support of in-school parent education.

Keywords:

• in-school parent education
• conceptions of parental learning
• well-functioning families

ORCID

Ming Fai Pang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-7080#sthash.tfXiicf0.dpuf