What is known about drivers and barriers to parental engagement in their children’s education in the home? How can improvements in the home-learning environment mitigate the effect of disadvantage on pupils’ attainment?
Background
This publication sets out areas where DfE is interested in more research and new evidence2. Given the broad policy agenda of the department it is not practical to provide an exhaustive list of research questions of interest. Instead this is a targeted list of areas which are both key departmental priorities and where we feel the research community is currently well placed to add to our evidence base. In terms of approaches to answer the questions, we are interested in both primary qualitative and quantitative research, secondary data analysis, and literature reviews/synthesis of existing evidence. For all questions we are interested in international perspectives and what has worked, or not, in other countries. For all our questions we are interested in how results differ for relevant sub-groups such as Free School Meal pupils, Pupil Premium pupils, Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) pupils, Black and Minority Ethnic pupils, and gender.
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Source
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EasyPeasy Home Learning content task-force: Supporting families with young children
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Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the drivers and barriers to parental engagement in children's education in the home and proposes improvements in the home-learning environment to mitigate disadvantage on pupils' attainment.
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Does father involvement increase children's educational attainment at primary school?
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Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by exploring the relationship between fathers' childcare involvement and children's attainment at primary school, but does not specifically address drivers and barriers to parental engagement in children's education in the home.
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Harnessing the power of global data to support young children's learning and development: Analyses, dissemination and implementation
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Funded by: GCRF
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by studying barriers and accelerators to learning in early childhood education programs, but does not specifically address drivers and barriers to parental engagement in children's education in the home.