Comportement et rendement scolaire au début du primaire : les attributions causales et d'intentions, des processus en jeu?

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Impacts potentiels d'une hausse des concentrations atmosphériques des gaz à effet de serre sur le comportement hydrologique de trois bassins versants du Québec

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La relation entre l'utilisation du temps et le comportement des élèves en classe de musique au premier cycle du secondaire

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Stress périnatal : conséquences sur le comportement cognitif et émotionnel de la progéniture chez le rat

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The Impact of a Family Home-learning Program on levels of Parental/Caregiver Efficacy

This study sought to determine if participation in a home education learning program would impact the perceived levels of parental self-efficacy of parents/caregivers who participate in the completion of home-learning assignments and increase their levels of home-learning involvement practices. Also, the study examined the relationship between the parental involvement practice of completing interactive home-learning assignments and the reading comprehension achievement of first grade students. A total of 146 students and their parents/caregivers representing a convenience sample of eight first grade classes participated in the study. Four classes (n=74) were selected as the experimental group and four classes (n=72) served as the control group. . There were 72 girls in the sample and 74 boys and the median age was 6 years 6 months. The study employed a quasi-experimental research design utilizing eight existing first grade classes. It examined the effects of a home-learning support intervention program on the perceived efficacy levels of the participating parents/care¬givers, as measured by the Parent Perceptions of Parent Efficacy Scale (Hoover-Dempsey, Bassler, & Brissie, 1992) administered on a pre/post basis. The amount and type of parent involvement in the completion of home assignments was determined by means of a locally developed instrument, the H.E.L.P. Parent Involvement Home-learning Scale, administered on a pre/post basis. Student achievement in reading comprehension was measured via the reading subtest of the Brigance, CIB-S pre and post. The elementary students and their parents/caregivers participated in an interactive home-learning intervention program for 12 weeks that required parent/caregiver assistance. Results revealed the experimental group of parents/caregivers had a significant increase in their levels of perceived self-efficacy, p<.001, from the pre to post, and also had significantly increased levels of parental involvement in seven home-learning activities, p<.001, than the control group parents/caregivers. The experimental group students demonstrated significantly higher reading levels than the control group students, p<.001. This study provided evidence that interactive home-learning activities improved the levels of parental self-efficacy and parental involvement in home-learning activities, and improved the reading comprehension of the experimental group in comparison to the control.

Parental Involvement

This study investigates the relationship between parent involvement, academic achievement, and behavior. Participants in this action research project will be the researcher’s 40 second grade students. Parental data will be captured through surveys. Student data will be captured through surveys, behavior checklists and Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading scores.

Understanding and Developing Parental Involvement In My School

In the early years of the current decade, I spearheaded my school's and school board's participation in a research program on parental involvement led by Kenneth Leithwood from the Ontario Institute for Students in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Despite all the extensive work I did as part of this research program and the ongoing professional reading I have done with respect to parental involvement and engagement, I have yet to share fully the knowledge gained with my staff or our parent community. Therefore, this purpose of this master's project is to provide a means for such dissemination. To do so, I have created two parallel presentations/workshops: one for staff during out first professional development day in September and one for parents at their second Parent Council meeting in October. The final chapter moves beyond these workshops to allow me to reflect on the progress made to date with parental engagement in my school and to look forward toward where I as Principal hope to lead my school community in the future.

All in the Family? Parental Roles in the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is a serious global health challenge. Families and consumption are at the nexus of the problem, as childhood weight issues depend significantly on family-related influences (genetic predispositions, physical activities, and household food consumption practices). This article focuses on how a family socializes a child toward or away from obesity. It advances a family consumer socialization framework to characterize key elements and processes. Biological predispositions, parent/family inputs, elements of child development, parent-child interactions, and intergenerational transfer are all major contributors to weight status and life course potentials. Time is also a crucial component, here represented in two forms -- linear and cyclical. Drawing on extensive research from other disciplines and related consumer research, five “Foundational Properties” are distilled, representing fundamental tenets underpinning the family’s role in this problem. Each property is then used to chart promising opportunities for consumer researchers and others interested in advancing knowledge on this pressing concern.

Adolescent substance use in the context of the family: a qualitative study of young people’s views on parent-child attachments, parenting style and parental substance use

Background: Adolescent substance use can place youth at risk of a range of poor outcomes. Few studies have attempted to explore in-depth young people’s perceptions of how familial processes and dynamics influence adolescent substance use.
Objectives: This paper aimed to explore risk and protective factors for youth substance use within the context of the family with a view to informing family based interventions.
Methods: Nine focus groups supplemented with participatory techniques were facilitated with a purposive sample of sixty-two young people (age 13-17 years) from post-primary schools across Northern Ireland. The data were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Three themes emerged from the data: 1) parent-child attachments, 2) parenting style and 3) parental and sibling substance misuse. Parent-child attachment was identified as an important factor in protecting adolescents from substance use in addition to effective parenting particularly an authoritative style supplemented with parental monitoring and strong parent-child communication to encourage child disclosure. Family substance use was considered to impact on children’s substance use if exposed at an early age and the harms associated with parental substance misuse were discussed in detail. Both parent and child gender differences were cross-cutting themes.
Conclusion: Parenting programmes (tailored to mothers and fathers) may benefit young people via components on authoritative styles, parental monitoring, communication, nurturing attachments and parent-child conflict. Youth living with more complex issues, e.g. parental substance misuse, may benefit from programmes delivered beyond the family environment e.g. school based settings.

Fatores Preditivos do Stress Parental

Criar um filho é um desafio de grande responsabilidade e exige profundas transformações e adaptações na vida dos pais, sendo que os comportamentos parentais são influenciados por causas múltiplas, nomeadamente o stress parental, as variáveis sociodemográficas tais como o estatuto socioeconómico, o número de filhos, o género e idade dos pais, entre muitos outros. Esta pesquisa visa conhecer as características sociodemográficas e laborais dos pais das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros, conhecer as características sociodemográficas e escolares das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros e avaliar o nível de stress parental dos pais das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros. Para além destes objetivos, pretende-se também determinar a relação existente entre o nível de stress parental dos pais das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros e algumas características sociodemográficas e laborais e determinar a relação existente entre o nível de stress parental dos pais das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros e algumas características sociodemográficas e escolares das crianças que frequentam o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros. A amostra é constituida por 50 encarregados de educação e 50 crianças a frequentarem o 2º ciclo do Colégio João de Barros. Foram definidos dois grupos de amostra e para cada grupo foi utilizado um instrumento de colheita de dados. Para o grupo dos encarregados de educação, aplicou-se um questionário sociodemográfico e laboral para avaliar as características sociais e laborais dos encarregados de educação das crianças e a “Escala de Stress Parental” para avaliar os níveis de stress experimentado pelos pais. Relativamente às crianças, aplicou-se um questionário relativo a dados sociodemográficos e escolares. Os resultados revelaram baixos níveis de stress parental, assim como a não existência de relação estatisticamente significativa entre os níveis de stress parental e as características sociodemográficas e laborais recolhidas, tal como algumas características sociodemográficas e escolares relativamente às crianças. No entanto surgiram resultados interessantes, nomeadamente a relação existente entre os rendimentos dos pais e os níveis de preocupações parentais e a relação existente entre a inexistência de irmãos e os elevados níveis de falta de controlo.

Envolvimento Parental na Escola

O nosso estudo teve como objectivo verificar se existe envolvimento parental na Escola Básica Integrada com Jardim de Infância de Góis. Nesta análise foram questionados alguns alunos dos 7º e 9º anos, encarregados de educação e docentes dos referidos alunos. A nossa amostra contou com a participação de 115 indivíduos sendo 67 alunos 31 encarregados de educação e 17 docentes. Na recolha dos dados usamos o Questionário de Envolvimento Parental na Escola de Pereira (2002), com Versão para pais e professores (QEPE-VPa e QEPE-VPr, respectivamente), e questionários produzidos para o efeito. O envolvimento parental visto pelos encarregados de educação difere do envolvimento parental referido pelos docentes verificando-se alguma disparidade. Estes resultados indicam que os encarregados de educação percepcionam um elevado envolvimento contrariamente à opinião dos docentes que referem o pouco envolvimento parental sugerindo um maior envolvimento.