The Empowerment Approach to Parental Involvement in Education

Exploring Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education in Philippines: A Case Study

“…Although parents play a significant role in their children's lives, their importance is not much recognized (Chindanya, 2011). According to Xaba (2015), parental involvement in school is mostly about parents attending meetings, participating in school programs, and other activities requested by the school. With this, parents seem to just follow orders from the school rather than being partners in their children's education (Xaba, 2015).…”

“…According to Xaba (2015), parental involvement in school is mostly about parents attending meetings, participating in school programs, and other activities requested by the school. With this, parents seem to just follow orders from the school rather than being partners in their children's education (Xaba, 2015). Parents' role according to schools' curriculum is to join in extracurricular activities of the school, assist in their children's development, and participate in school administrative decisions (Cagdas, Ozel, & Konca, 2016;Eva, Hui & Nirmala, 2012).…”

“…Countries with high recognition of family engagement have government legislation policies on parental involvement (Kannapathi, 2012). For example, Xaba (2015) underscored that in the 1987 Education Act of Zimbabwe law, the state mandates teacher education institutions to provide ample attention to parental involvement in their curriculum. In Australia, policies on parental involvement depend on the guidelines set by the government and non-government school authorities in every state and territory authorities.…”

Multilingual Margins

“…Com esta definição, chamase à consciência a responsabilidade de todos os membros da comunidade na resolução de problemas individuais e colectivos, como se defende em ubuntu (cf. Xaba, 2015). Definida como filosofia africana dos povos bantu (região subsaariana), ubuntu expressa a essência da percepção destes povos sobre a humanidade e a forma de se relacionar com o "outro".…”

“…A percepção destes povos sobre a humanidade (os que ainda não deram a alma ao capitalismo) é de que "uma pessoa só é pessoa por causa das pessoas" (cf. Murove, 2014;Xaba, 2015;Etieyibo, 2017). Este princípio inclui, dentre várias, a ideia de partilha de responsabilidades como, por exemplo, de educar as crianças (entende-se que "a criança do outro é minha criança.…”