Parental involvement is essential for children’s education. Several studies have examined relationships between parental involvement and parents’ socioeconomic status. However, less attention has been placed on school influences on parental involvement, even though schools play an important role in children’s education and can affect the parents as well. This study addressed the following question: Is informative outreach associated with parental involvement? What types of informative school outreach are strongly associated with parental involvement in elementary and middle school? The present study examined a nationally representative sample of elementary and middle school children in Japan (3939 fourth grade students from 140 schools and 4132 eighth grade students from 133 schools) from the Trends International Mathematics and Science Study 2011. The findings revealed that different types of informative school outreach have different associations depending on the school level. For the sample of elementary school children, informing parents about school was positively associated with home-based parental involvement. However, for the middle school children, informing parents about their child’s learning progress was positively associated with parental involvement.

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中小学儿童的信息学校推广与父母参与之间的关系

父母的参与对于儿童的教育至关重要。几项研究检查了父母参与与父母社会经济地位之间的关系。然而，尽管学校在儿童教育中起着重要作用，并且也可能影响到父母，但学校对父母参与的影响的关注却很少。这项研究解决了以下问题：信息丰富与父母的参与有关吗？哪些类型的信息学校推广活动与中小学的父母参与密切相关？本研究调查了《趋势国际数学与科学研究》 2011年在日本具有全国代表性的中小学生样本（140所学校的3939名四年级学生和133所学校的4132名八年级学生）。调查结果表明，不同类型的信息性学校推广活动具有不同的关联，具体取决于学校的级别。对于小学生样本，告知父母关于学校的信息与家庭父母的参与有正相关。但是，对于中学生来说，告知父母他们孩子的学习进度与父母的参与有正相关关系。