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Equipping parents to support their children's higher education aspiration: an evaluation tool
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Fischer, S and Barnes, R and Kilpatrick, S, Equipping parents to support their children's higher education aspiration: an evaluation tool, Parent Engagement Conference 2017 - programme, 6-8 June 2017, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1. (2017) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
A partnership between the University of Tasmania and the University of Wollongong and funded
by the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program, this research has examined best
practices to engage parents in order to equip them to their children’s higher education aspirations.
Parents from low SES backgrounds, in common with other parents, report that they want ‘the best’
for their children’s future. Getting a good education is a part of the aspiration of most parents,
regardless of SES status. However, unlike parents from mid and high SES backgrounds who usually
have ‘educational cultural capital’ to support their children’s educational aspiration, parents from
low SES backgrounds often are unable to confidently access information they need about possible
education pathways within and beyond school or know where to find out about financial and other
support resources available to facilitate access to higher education. This project has built upon
partners’ combined experience, international literature and workshops with parent engagement
practitioners to identify features of parent engagement and information programs and resources
that are cost efficient and effective in engaging parents from low SES backgrounds to support their
children’s higher education aspirations. From this, an extended version of the Design and
Evaluation Matrix for Outreach (DEMO) Model was developed to sepcifically address parent
engagement programs. This model can be used to plan/design, modifiy and evaluate parent
engagement programs. In addition, a web resource has been produced for institutions’ use in the
design of parent engagement, information programs and resources that are effective in informing
and supporting low SES parents in building and supporting their children’s higher education
aspirations. The website also provides an evidence based, synthesised compilation of features of
outreach programs that work for parental engagement to inform and raise educational aspiration,
but are cost efficient for universities to deliver in partnership with other education providers,
community welfare sector organisations, industry and communities.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | higher education aspirations, evaluation, parent engagement |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Education policy, sociology and philosophy |
| Research Field: | Sociology of education |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
| Objective Field: | Equity and access to education |
| UTAS Author: | Fischer, S (Dr Sarah Fischer) |
| UTAS Author: | Barnes, R (Dr Robin Katersky Barnes) |
| UTAS Author: | Kilpatrick, S (Professor Sue Kilpatrick) |
| ID Code: | 117390 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | Academic Quality and Standards |
| Deposited On: | 2017-06-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-06-13 |
| Downloads: | 2 View Download Statistics |
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