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Parental Involvement in Selected PISA Countries and Economies

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  • Francesca Borgonovi

    (OECD)

  • Guillermo Montt

    (OECD)

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Studies have highlighted the beneficial effects of parental involvement in children’s educational lives. Few studies, however, analyse parental involvement in a cross-national perspective and few evaluate a wide array of forms of involvement. In 2009, 14 countries and economies implemented the parental questionnaire option in the PISA 2009 cycle. This working paper evaluates the levels of parental involvement across countries and sub-groups within countries, as well as the relationship of involvement with both cognitive (reading performance) and non-cognitive outcomes (enjoyment of reading and awareness of effective summarising strategies). Findings suggest that some forms of parental involvement are more strongly related to cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes than others. These include reading to children when they are young, engaging in discussions that promote critical thinking and setting a good example. Findings also show that levels of parental involvement vary across countries and economies. Inequalities in parental involvement exist in practically all countries and economies. Policy implications signal the possibility that promoting higher levels of parental involvement may increase students’ both cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes, and that high-quality parental involvement may help reduce performance differences across socio-economic groups. Nombreuses sont les études à avoir mis en évidence les effets bénéfiques de l’engagement des parents dans l’éducation de leur enfant. Rares sont celles, en revanche, à avoir analysé cette question sous l’angle de la comparaison internationale ou à avoir évalué différentes formes de cet engagement. En 2009, 14 pays et économies ont choisi d’administrer le questionnaire facultatif destiné aux parents dans le cadre du cycle PISA 2009. Le présent document de travail analyse le degré de l’engagement parental dans ifférents pays et sous-groupes de population au sein même de ces pays, ainsi que la relation entre cet engagement et certains processus cognitifs (performance en compréhension de l’écrit), mais aussi non cognitifs (plaisir de la lecture et connaissance de stratégies efficaces de synthèse). Les résultats laissent penser que certaines formes d’engagement parental sont plus fortement corrélées que d’autres à ces processus cognitifs et non cognitifs, notamment faire la lecture à son enfant dès son plus jeune âge, avoir des discussions favorisant l’esprit critique avec son enfant et montrer soi-même le bon exemple. Les résultats indiquent également que le degré d’engagement des parents varie entre les différents pays et économies, et au sein de la quasitotalité de ces derniers, entre les différents sous-groupes de population. En termes de conséquences pour l’action publique, il ressort de la présente étude que le renforcement de l’engagement parental peut améliorer les résultats à la fois cognitifs et non cognitifs des élèves, et qu’un engagement de qualité de la part des parents peut aider à la réduction des écarts de performance entre les différents groupes socioéconomiques.

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  • Francesca Borgonovi & Guillermo Montt, 2012. "Parental Involvement in Selected PISA Countries and Economies," OECD Education Working Papers 73, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:73-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k990rk0jsjj-en
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    4. Giedrė Širvinskienė & Dalia Antinienė & Aušra Griciūtė & Liudmila Dulksnienė & Vaidilutė Asisi & Rima Kregždytė & Verena Kerbl & Elfriede Amtmann, 2022. "Effectiveness of the ELLA Training for the Promotion of Emotional and Social Competences in Lithuanian Preschool Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-18, September.
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