Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31192/np.21.2.10
Differences in Satisfaction with School and the Involvement of Parents of Students with Typical Development and with Developmental Difficulties in Activities at Home and at School
Vlatka Kovač
orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-192X
; Elementary School »Grigor Vitez«, Zagreb, Croatia
Siniša Opić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, Croatia
Neven Hrvatić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7967-9295
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Croatian Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The goal was to determine differences in satisfaction and inclusion of parents of elementary school students with typical development and difficulties in development in school activities. It was sampled by including 896 parents of students attending the second and the sixth grade in different elementary schools all across northwest Croatia. Out of those, 57 parents are parents of students with difficulties in development who are educated in accordance with the appropriate educational programs depending on the type and degree of difficulty in the regular class department. With the comparison of the equivalent pairs of parents from both groups, it is determined that there is no statistical difference in the assessment of satisfaction and that it is above average for both groups and for parents of students with difficulties even higher. In the ratio of investment and involvement of parents in school, it is also pretty much the same for the observed groups of parents. Nevertheless, the parents of students with difficulties statistically are significantly more involved and are helping their children when working at home; they encourage reading and learning math and science subjects. The results from the analysis show the satisfaction of parents of students with developmental difficulties adds to the general parental involvement at home and studying mathematics with their children.
The research is showing the need for further analysis of parental satisfaction and the impact on their involvement with activities at home and at school.
Keywords
involvement; parents of students with difficulties in development; parents of students with typical development; satisfaction
Hrčak ID:
306177
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Publication date:
17.7.2023.
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