Parental Involvement In Child's Education by Elexis George https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2018-06-14 17:16:25 UTC 2026-01-08 10:16:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Step Two: Just Using an Interdisciplinary Approach unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/267385212 There are several reasons why parental involvement in their child's education is important. This is one of the problems in education. One of the reason this is a issue because teachers are with the students only 8 hours a day and some students need more resources and help outside of the school to help improve in the ares their child maybe be falling behind in, lack of communication with parent and teacher, behavior psychology. Also, the parent being aware of there child grades and learning disabilities before its to late to help. If parents were more involve this could improve the retention and intervention high level of students. There are many benefits to help towards their child’s success if parents are involve. Parents being involved will help their child get better grades and have higher test scores. Also, improve parent-teacher relationships. A study  of educational process showed that parents that are highly involved children were more likely to improve in reading and math. Research and I have talked to parents and students who said having support at home and school, they had more positive attitudes about school, self-confidence, and place a higher priority on their academic achievement. Research also shows that parent involvement can help improve the quality of schools, raise teacher morale, and improve a school’s reputation in the community. Involved parents gain the respect of teachers; as a result, teachers have higher expectations of their children. Being an assistant teacher for six years I personally how seen the positive in a parent being involved and how that child growth increase tremendously. Involved parents gain more respect with the teachers; as a result, teachers have higher expectations of their children. Parents being involved also pays off in the long term, to Children stay in school longer and are more likely to continue their education after high school. Primary Sources: American Teachers on the teaching Profession report that the increased number of behaviors 68 percent elementary, 64 percent middle, and 53 high schools. Imagine if more parents were involved in their child's education how those numbers could start decreasing. As an assistant teacher, I love all my students,  but there are those behavior problems that impact the entire class from learning.  This problem will help benefit behavior and learning disabilities, and family community literacy disciplines. There are some parents who deal with behaviors at home and at school. Parents working with their child at home and at school will help decrease on behavior. For example ,  it was stated "  using time-lagged growth models, Domina (2005) found that parent involvement activities like homework help and school volunteering predicted lower levels of future behavior problems for elementary school children, relative to parents who did not engage in these activities". Teachers deal with behaviors from elementary to high school. I will say from recent and past experience the parents who are involved does help with their child education. In addition, there are many students with learning disabilities. When a parent is actively involved at home doing things like preparing activities, chores, and homework, giving positive praises to build their confidence. It was stated that children with learning disabilities often have difficulty understanding all they hear and read. If this is true parents speaking clearly and giving simple direction and also modeling what it is that the child is supposed be doing to help them learn following directions better.  These are some ways parents at home being involve can help their child succeed in their education and life. Another discipline is family, community literacy disciplines. If more parents are involved this could help to approach education in which parents and children are learning and growing together. When families,  community, and school staff work together to support student learning, this could have a powerful result in their child's life. Emerging research studies assert that children's motivation to succeed in school is influenced by the educational achievement of their parents.  There are many resources and programs to assist parents’ behavior and learning disabilities as well as a family and community literacy. Parents being involved in their child's education is going to continue to be an ongoing issue in society. People will continue to have kids and send them to school to better their education. If more parents beginning to be involved then the problem will decrease more and more.

 


]]> 2018-06-15 15:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/267385212 Step Three: Identify Relevant Disciplines (DRAFT) unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/268184664
After doing more research and getting feedback on the problem of parental involvement in a child's education I was able to narrow down the problem and some disciplines that are potentially relevant to the problem. Such as behavior and learning disabilities, family, community literacy disciplines, educational psychology, and child growth and development. I narrowed down my problem to the importance of parental involvement in their child’s education in the minority community. There's no single discipline,  but when getting depth with socioeconomic status in the education of the minority community, I would narrow discipline to child growth and development and economics. I believe the most important disciplines are child growth and development. Every child grows and develops differently, doing things at their own pace and time. Child development starts at age birth to three months in which a child begins to smile and visually track people and objects with my eyes, prefer to look at faces and bright colors, upstanding and hearing sounds and discover their hands and feet as a child continues to develop more and different in their cognitive stages.  California Department of Education in 2000 stated that understanding your child’s growth and development, can help your child succeed the more a parent offers care, activities, involvement, and discipline that best fit the child's need. Research shows that child development depends a lot on the parents involved in education and sociology. The minority community socioeconomic status can also hinder a child's development and lack of education. One of the aspects is there is a wide group of single parent home raising multiple children on their own with limited resources to help. "Children living with single mothers typically have compromised academic and behavioral outcomes, in part because of limitations on family resources and mothers’ time and monitoring of their children"(Demo and Cox 2000; McLanahan and Sanderfur 1994). 
When parents are faced with those situations it tends to make them stressed, exhausted, overwhelmed, or depressed because they want to be more involved, but the circumstances of their lives make it harder for them to be. Research shows that parents feel if they had more resources, help, and guidance that they can do more in every area of their child's life. Being a part of the education field for six plus years I have met parents who felt the same way. We as teachers offer as many resources as we can or make it convenient to try help. For example, two of our parents who work late and having finical problems because of their home situation, we would offer to come into work early or stay later to allow both the parent and the teacher to involve and show support for the child education because in school that is one of our main goals. Another important discipline has been economic which just as significant. Amy Traub, Robert Hilton Smith, and Tamara Draut stated that research and data were collected on economic conditions and the difficult circumstances single parents, single mothers, or parents with multiple children’s work schedules, a lack of paid leave, low pay, employment discrimination, and a severe shortage of high-quality, affordable childcare. This data showed that children from low-income families tend to have compromised behavioral and cognitive development compared to their higher-income peers.  This aspect puts a more perspective on parental involvement in their child's education due to some of these circumstances. That's why it's even more encouraging how it is for parents to start while they are younger and during the cognitive development stages. During my site visit at KidsGym USA and speaking with coach Tracy he also felt that way. One of the questions I asked was what interdisciplinary and disciplines are being undertaken at the facility and  Coach Tracy stated that his site focus is mainly the younger children ages birth to six years old because cognitive development from 0-6 is a child's critical window where kids’ brains are growing the fastest. He also explains that even it is a gymnastic program his focus isn't to make gymnast, but to teach them readiness skills to be ready for school.  Tracy stated how his problem will have exposed that age group of basic skills of listening, following direction, self-control, and respecting authority to any adult rather it’s the coaches, director, or other staff members. If we start children at a younger age before they start school they will have already have been exposed to listening to the teachers, how to get along with others, following the directions the first time, sharing, self-control, they will understand the role as the student and the teacher role as the teacher. Another question I asked was how involved were the parents who enroll their children, he explained to me how vital the parent being involved in that age,  especially birth in 3 because they are still learning to be comfortable around others and feeling safe helps the program succeed. The two disciplines, child growth, and development,  economic, SES, site visit all gave a clear picture of why the importance of parental involvement in their child's education in the minority community. One variable can’t live without the other low-income families socioeconomic status can cause lack of involvement with academic, but the child still depends on a lot of child growth and development to help prepare for education and life. However, finding resources, going that extra mile on top of personal hardship does benefit their child's success in school and programs like KidsGym USA.

 
]]> 2018-06-22 04:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/268184664 Step Three: Identify Relevant Disciplines (REVISION/ EDITING) unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/268640580 After doing more research and getting feedback on the problem of parental involvement in a child's education I was able to narrow down the problem and some disciplines that are potentially relevant to the problem. Such as behavior and learning disabilities, family, community literacy disciplines, educational psychology, and child growth and development. I narrowed down my problem to the importance of parental involvement in their child’s education in the minority community. There's no single discipline,  but when getting depth with socioeconomic status in the education of the minority community, I would narrow discipline to child growth and development and economics. I believe the most important disciplines are child growth and development. Every child grows and develops differently, doing things at their own pace and time. Child development starts at age birth to three months in which a child begins to smile and visually track people and objects with my eyes, prefer to look at faces and bright colors, upstanding and hearing sounds and discover their hands and feet as a child continues to develop more and different in their cognitive stages.  California Department of Education in 2000 stated that understanding your child’s growth and development, can help your child succeed the more a parent offers care, activities, involvement, and discipline that best fit the child's need. Research shows that child development depends a lot on the parents involved in education and sociology. The minority community socioeconomic status can also hinder a child's development and lack of education. One of the aspects is there is a wide group of single parent home raising multiple children on their own with limited resources to help. "Children living with single mothers typically have compromised academic and behavioral outcomes, in part because of limitations on family resources and mothers’ time and monitoring of their children"(Demo and Cox 2000; McLanahan and Sanderfur 1994). When parents are faced with those situations it tends to make them stressed, exhausted, overwhelmed, or depressed because they want to be more involved, but the circumstances of their lives make it harder for them to be. Research shows that parents feel if they had more resources, help, and guidance that they can do more in every area of their child's life. Being a part of the education field for six plus years I have met parents who felt the same way. We as teachers offer as many resources as we can or make it convenient to try help. For example, two of our parents who work late and having finical problems because of their home situation, we would offer to come into work early or stay later to allow both the parent and the teacher to involve and show support for the child education because in school that is one of our main goals. Another important discipline has been economic which just as significant. Amy Traub, Robert Hilton Smith, and Tamara Draut stated that research and data were collected on economic conditions and the difficult circumstances single parents, single mothers, or parents with multiple children’s work schedules, a lack of paid leave, low pay, employment discrimination, and a severe shortage of high-quality, affordable childcare. This data showed that children from low-income families tend to have compromised behavioral and cognitive development compared to their higher-income peers.  This aspect puts a more perspective on parental involvement in their child's education due to some of these circumstances. That's why it's even more encouraging how it is for parents to start while they are younger and during the cognitive development stages. During my site visit at KidsGym USA and speaking with coach Tracy he also felt that way. One of the questions I asked was what interdisciplinary and disciplines are being undertaken at the facility and  Coach Tracy stated that his site focus is mainly the younger children ages birth to six years old because cognitive development from 0-6 is a child's critical window where kids’ brains are growing the fastest. He also explains that even it is a gymnastic program his focus isn't to make gymnast, but to teach them readiness skills to be ready for school.  Tracy stated how his problem will have exposed that age group of basic skills of listening, following direction, self-control, and respecting authority to any adult rather it’s the coaches, director, or other staff members. If we start children at a younger age before they start school they will have already have been exposed to listening to the teachers, how to get along with others, following the directions the first time, sharing, self-control, they will understand the role as the student and the teacher role as the teacher. Another question I asked was how involved were the parents who enroll their children, he explained to me how vital the parent being involved in that age,  especially birth in 3 because they are still learning to be comfortable around others and feeling safe helps the program succeed. The two disciplines, child growth, and development,  economic, SES, site visit all gave a clear picture of why the importance of parental involvement in their child's education in the minority community. One variable can’t live without the other low-income families socioeconomic status can cause lack of involvement with academic, but the child still depends on a lot of child growth and development to help prepare for education and life. However, finding resources, going that extra mile on top of personal hardship does benefit their child's success in school and programs like KidsGym USA.

]]> 2018-06-26 19:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/268640580 Step Four: Conduct a literature search unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269072691 The more I watch and research articles, videos, and magazines, this problem can affect several disciplines in different ways. Like I stated before how child development starts at a younger age and parents are one of the resources for a child development. Also, research showed that a child's behavior and learning disability related to their emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) supports parental involvement. In one of the playposit videos of Dr. Kyong Kwon talk about the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System Therapy in regards to the microsystem and mesosystem connections with school and family. She stated, " If a parent has a good relationship with the teacher a more positive impact it will have on the child development". The Dr. Kwon statement adds on to the problem that parental involvement is so important. If the parent and teacher have a good relationship this comes to communication, involvement, and support this will impact the child's learning as well as behavior in the classroom. There is a wide number of minority families that this problem occurs in and with the parent being more active this will benefit the child in so anyways. Dr. Kwon also talked about her daughter and the differences between her behavior at home than at school because for a whole year at school her daughter would not talk. She explains how this could have been due to her child relationship with the teacher, cultural differences in the classroom and the disconnect between home and school, however, the child behavior to not wanting to talk could have been improved with more involvement with the teacher, parent, and child working together. This could have also improved or impacted her relationships in the classroom with other students from different cultural and background as was that this could have been one of the problems from her daughter not speaking at school for a year. In addition, the second video I watched was on behavior and learning disabilities. In this video Ms. Kathleen Kimball spoke about how 90 percent of students have a high incidence disabilities the focus of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) these students have struggled in certain academic areas such as math, reading, spelling etc, as I stated previously in my reach that parents being involved will help their child get better grades and have higher test scores. Also, improve parent-teacher relationships. A study of the educational process showed that parents that are highly involved children were more likely to improve in reading and math. 90 % of students is a very high number and with the involvement of parents and teachers like Ms. Kathleen, this will help break the cycle and keep students in the schools to stay of ahead in their education.  After making the data management table I found even more important information on parental involvement in minority families. There were several disciplines related to this problem such as sociology in an article I found  Nancy Feyl Chavkin after doing a questionnaire with low-income parents in the study parents strongly supportive of the idea of parent involvement in education. There were” 97% of the parents agreed with these statements: "I want to spend time helping my children get the best education".  In conclusion, there were several videos, articles, and data to support parental involvement. ]]> 2018-07-01 12:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269072691 STEP 4 Feedback ario1979 https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269224592 (Reflection/Revision) 
During my literature search on  the importance of parental involvement in their child’s education in the minority community, I was able to find a lot  information and statistics for several different disciples dealing with this problem. The main disciplines I chosen for my research am sociology and economics. There are several scholarly resources, journals, website, videos, and magazine articles to contribute to my research.   In one of the playposit videos of Dr. Kyong Kwon talk about the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System Therapy in regards to the microsystem and mesosystem connections with school and family. She stated, " If a parent has a good relationship with the teacher a more positive impact it will have on the child development". The Dr. Kwon statement adds on to the problem that parental involvement is so important. If the parent and teacher have a good relationship this comes to communication, involvement, and support this will impact the child's learning as well as behavior in the classroom. There is a wide number of minority families that this problem occurs in and with the parent being more active this will benefit the child in so anyways. Dr. Kwon also talked about her daughter and the differences between her behavior at home than at school because for a whole year at school her daughter would not talk. She explains how this could have been due to her child relationship with the teacher, cultural differences in the classroom and the disconnect between home and school, however, the child behavior to not wanting to talk could have been improved with more involvement with the teacher, parent, and child working together. This could have also improved or impacted her relationships in the classroom with other students from different cultural and background as was that this could have been one of the problems from her daughter not speaking at school for a year. In addition, the second video I watched was on behavior and learning disabilities. In this video Ms. Kathleen Kimball spoke about how 90 percent of students have a high incidence disabilities the focus of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) these students have struggled in certain academic areas such as math, reading, spelling etc, Kathleen stated that very often in her filed she sees a lot students struggle whom have BLD with mathematical calculations as I stated previously in my reach that the study of the educational process showed that parents that are highly involved in their child’s education were more likely to improve in reading and math. 90 % of students are a very high number and with the involvement of parents and teachers like Ms. Kathleen, this will help break the cycle and keep students in the schools to stay of ahead in their education. Ms.Kathleen also spoke about student with BLD how they behave and interact with teachers and students, as  educator I see these certain same behaviors that Ms. Kathleen spoke about such students who react aggressive or have anxiety when it comes to the first day of school or stuggling with academics in the classroom even though they have speacail intervation teachers to work with those students it is just as important to have their parents  involved that also helps the student with BLD.  After making the data management table I found even more important information on parental involvement in minority families. There were several disciplines related to this problem such as sociology in an article I found  Nancy Feyl Chavkin after doing a questionnaire to  low-income parents in the study parents strongly supportive of the idea of parent involvement in education. There were” 97% of the parents agreed with these statements: "I want to spend time helping my children get the best education".  In conclusion, there were several videos, articles, and data to support parental involvement. 

]]> 2018-07-03 04:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269224592 unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269491079 STEP 4 Reflection

]]> 2018-07-05 16:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269491079 (Revision)Step five: Critically analyze the disciplinary insights into the problem and locate their sources of conflict https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269662671 The more I research and identifying the key elements of disciplinary insights into the importance of parental involvement in their child’s education in minority families it has narrowed down to sociology and economics. As I develop more information it is getting harder to stick with just one or two disciplines. After watching videos on child growth development, family and computer literacy, and even the view from disciplines of educational psychology. Some of these disciplines I recent spoke on but I will give more insight from difference sources and the play posit videos about adult literacy and educational psychology and how all of it is relevant to the problem. I also did research on minority families in regards to SES and it analyzing a family's the household income, earners' education, and occupation all the element that are associated with sociology and economic research and disciplines. 
In one of the journals by Child Trend showed data reports on how parents expectations and achievements for their child education can influence their academic success and the differences between parents with low-income expectation aware as higher level income. "Less than half of the parents with annual incomes of less than $30,000 expect their child will attain a four-year-college degree, compared with nearly eight in ten parents with incomes over $75,000", however majority of low-income parents have an expectation that their child will graduate from high school. This journal had several sources, data charts, and table to support their findings such as the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for
Education Statistics and National Household Education Surveys Program dated from 2003-2015. In contrast to another article written by Jenny Anderson had a different insight that too much expectation can lead to negative outcomes.  Murayama and his co-authors studied data from 3,530 secondary students and their parents between 2002 and 2007 by using math test scores and survey on students who had too high expectation and how their scores dropped compared to others. Both these gave different insights from how parent involvement from the outlook for their expectations in minority families and other cultures. In addition, a magazines article by Annie Murphy Paul and article from Child Trend both had similar views on the importance of parental involvement in minority families. Annie Murphy Paul stated that "researchers at North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the University of California-Irvine, for example, finds that parental involvement checking homework, attending school meetings and events, discussing school work at home — has a more powerful influence on students’ academic performance than anything else" and one of Child Trend articles had serval data and reports on how parents being involved can increase a child's academics.  In the playlist video on family and community literacy Daphne Greenberg Ph.D. spoke about how 1/6 adults read on an elementary level and how teachers feel that certain parents aren't involved or attend parent-teacher conference that in reality, the parents who have troubles feel that being involved can be an anxiety and provoking place if they're the parents who don't understand the academic language. The information that Dr. Greenberg spoke on also connects to an article I read by Joan M.T Walker stated how students whom parents have a higher level learning compared to parents with lower level learning more likely to be activated in the child education, attend a school event, model social skills, and learning strategies. When analyzing parental involvement from parents education levels with SES this confirms more elements of disciplinary insights into economics and sociology disciplines. In another playlist video that was somewhat helpful allowed me to research more information from an educational psychology insight because speaker Hanah Goldberg stated that education psychology conduct research on a variety of areas such as learning, achievements, and behaviors of children, adolescents, and adults in an academic setting. I found a journal by educational psychology research how the benefits of parental participation practices in terms of parents working together with a range of professionals, exchanging knowledge and information regarding their child’s education has increased. The more I learn and build on this problem the more advanced my knowledge has increased on both disciples and understanding of the important parental involvement in a child's education in minority families.
 

 

 



]]> 2018-07-08 16:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269662671 Revised Discipline Data Table Pt1 unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269872732 2018-07-10 18:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269872732 Revised Discipline Data Table Pt2 unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269872777 2018-07-10 18:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269872777 Step five reflection unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269873364 2018-07-10 18:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/269873364 Step 6; Reflect on how using an interdisciplinary approach has enlarged understanding of the problem https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270228249 After learning more in-depth research on the importance of parental involvement in their child's education in minority families, I've learned that this problem can be achieved in many disciplines. This has been a challenge because being an educator for six plus years now my view was certain parents didn't care as much, or just didn't take out the time to be involved as much as the families with more resources and finance. This problem is very dear to me because I have seen how a child can grow, improve, and love school just by the parent being involved. I have come to realize after gaining more insight that there are more factors to this problem such as sociology, economics, adult literacy, child growth and development and SES.  Some of the interdisciplinary approaches that influenced me one was my community base site visit at KidsGym USA when I interviewed Coach Tracy he stated that his site focus is mainly the younger children ages birth to six years old because cognitive development from 0-6 is a child's critical window where kids’ brains are growing the fastest. Which directed me to look more into cognitive development in which brought me to child growth development child development starts at age birth to three months in which the child begins to learn objects with their eyes, bright colors, faces, and understanding hearing which their parent is there most valuable resources doing this cognitive development. Also, to recap in one of the playposit videos of Dr. Kyong Kwon she talks about the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System in cognitive development regarding microsystem and mesosystem connections with school and family. She stated, " If a parent has a good relationship with the teacher a more positive impact it will have on the child development". This gave more insight on how parents involved will be a positive impact. However, in the minority community, socioeconomic status can also hinder a child's development and lack of education. One of the aspects is there is a wide group of single parent home raising multiple children on their own with limited resources to help. "Children living with single mothers typically have compromised academic and behavioral outcomes, in part because of limitations on family resources and mothers’ time and monitoring of their children"(Demo and Cox 2000; McLanahan and Sanderfur 1994).  This information made me think of how many parents I have met that would confine me about how they a lot of jobs, work extremely late and don't have a lot of help and resources to do the things they want to for the child.  in other aspects such as in another playlist video on family and community literacy, Daphne Greenberg Ph.D. spoke about how 1/6 adults read on an elementary level. Some doesn't have a high education level or even graduate from high school or college. If they have a low education level this could very well hinder parental involvement as well from lack of understanding, being able to read, or knowing their child's school work.  As a teacher knowing these information parents need more resource and help in the minority community. When I finish started researching this problem my main concern was the classroom and the child academics, but this research as has been helpful to look at beyond the classroom. One way is the minority low income, single parents, parents with multiple children in the home needs more resources. Such as adult education programs, better job opportunity, other ways they can be involved like simple things like having the parent while in the car, walking, or before putting them on a bus , before bedtime, or during dinner to ask questions like what does a sign say that they may see , can you find different shapes around the house , go over letters or words from index card, or have their older siblings to help as well. I will continue to learn more and find ways to makes this problem decrease by helping my parents and other families inside the classroom and outside. ]]> 2018-07-15 12:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270228249 (Revised) Step 6; Reflect on how using an interdisciplinary approach has enlarged understanding of the problem https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270558770 After learning more in-depth research on the importance of parental involvement in their child's education in minority families, I've learned that this problem can be achieved in many disciplines. This has been a challenge because being an educator for six plus years now my view was certain parents didn't care as much, or just didn't take out the time to be involved as much as the families with more resources and finance. This problem is very dear to me because I have seen how a child can grow, improve, and love school just by the parent being involved. I have come to realize after gaining more insight that there are more factors to this problem such as sociology, economics, adult literacy, child growth and development and SES. There are many parents facing hardships, financial barriers, and a lot more than teachers are not able to see or know when dealing with this problem. In my research, the data has proven how many minority families are dealing with financial matters which relates to economics. Also, the parentage of parents that have lower reading and education levels as it relates to sociology which is the study of social relations. SES disciplines deal with all the factors as well such as the parent's income, education, and occupation.  This research process has influenced my perception of disciplinary perspective and expertise that there isn’t just one discipline to the problem. As I mention before there are several to factors to look at for example it’s not just the economics in low-income families, but it can also be the parents academic level of expertise. The interdisciplinary approaches that influenced me one was my community base site visit at KidsGym USA when I interviewed Coach Tracy he stated that his site focus is mainly the younger children ages birth to six years old because cognitive development from 0-6 is a child's critical window where kids’ brains are growing the fastest. Which directed me to look more into cognitive development in which brought me to child growth development child development starts at age birth to three months in which the child begins to learn objects with their eyes, bright colors, faces, and understanding hearing which their parent is there most valuable resources doing this cognitive development. Also, to recap in one of the playposit videos of Dr. Kyong Kwon she talks about the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System in cognitive development regarding microsystem and mesosystem connections with school and family. She stated, " If a parent has a good relationship with the teacher a more positive impact it will have on the child development". This gave more insight on how parents involved will be a positive impact. However, in the minority community, socioeconomic status can also hinder a child's development and lack of education. One of the aspects is there is a wide group of single parent home raising multiple children on their own with limited resources to help. "Children living with single mothers typically have compromised academic and behavioral outcomes, in part because of limitations on family resources and mothers’ time and monitoring of their children"(Demo and Cox 2000; McLanahan and Sanderfur 1994). 4 This information made me think of how many parents I have met that would confine me about how they a lot of jobs, work extremely late and don't have a lot of help and resources to do the things they want to for the child.  in other aspects such as in another playlist video on family and community literacy, Daphne Greenberg Ph.D. spoke about how 1/6 adults read on an elementary level. Some doesn't have a high education level or even graduate from high school or college. If they have a low education level this could very well hinder parental involvement as well from lack of understanding, being able to read, or knowing their child's school work. All the research of the different disciplines and their insights have helped me appreciate and understand the complexity of your problem because I know now from a parent perspective well as the importance that a parent can impact their child’s education. It motivates me to want to not just be a resource and help the child but to the parents as well. In August start the new school year and I have researched programs and grants that when faced with this problem that I can have some more solutions then I wasn’t aware of the different disciplines that related to this problem until now. As a teacher knowing these information parents need more resource and help in the minority community. When I finish started researching this problem my main concern was the classroom and the child academics, but this research as has been helpful to look at beyond the classroom. One way is the minority low income, single parents, parents with multiple children in the home needs more resources. Such as adult education programs, better job opportunity, other ways they can be involved like simple things like having the parent while in the car, walking, or before putting them on a bus , before bedtime, or during dinner to ask questions like what does a sign say that they may see , can you find different shapes around the house , go over letters or words from index card, or have their older siblings to help as well. I will continue to learn more and find ways to makes this problem decrease by helping my parents and other families inside the classroom and outside. There are adult literacy programs, any future parents I will have or meet who have multiple children of young ages I will tell them about KidsGym USA and the interdisciplinary opportunities they offer, we also have a parent liaison that works with different communities like feed the hunger, job training and education associations and many more. It is going take getting the community together as whole just like at the school I work for we have school event that parent get to meet other parents and this could also open opportunities for parents to help each rather its providing resources or making relationships.]]> 2018-07-18 22:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270558770 unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270559053 2018-07-18 22:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270559053 Revised: Step Two: Just Using an Interdisciplinary Approach https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270656151 There are several reasons why parental involvement in their child's education is important. This is one of the problems in education. One of the reason this is an issue because teachers are with the students only 8 hours a day and some students need more resources and help outside of the school to help improve in the areas their child maybe be falling behind in, lack of communication with parent and teacher, behavior psychology. As a teacher I have had to deal with a lot absent parents when it comes to teacher conferences, school activities, and being present in the classroom when dealing with a student’s academic areas they could be falling behind in. When researching some parts that can comprise this problem the disciplinary SES, economics, and child growth and development.  Parents being involved will help their child get better grades and have higher test scores. Also, improve parent-teacher relationships. A study of educational process showed that parents that are highly involved children were more likely to improve in reading and math. Research and I have talked to parents and students who said having support at home and school, they had more positive attitudes about school, self-confidence, and place a higher priority on their academic achievement. Research also shows that parent involvement can help improve the quality of schools, raise teacher morale, and improve a school’s reputation in the community. Involved parents gain the respect of teachers; as a result, teachers have higher expectations of their children. Being an assistant teacher for six years I personally how seen the positive in a parent being involved and how that child growth increases tremendously. Involved parents gain more respect with the teachers; as a result, teachers have higher expectations of their children. Parents being involved also pays off in the long term, to Children stay in school longer and are more likely to continue their education after high school. Primary Sources: American Teachers on the teaching Profession report that the increased number of behaviors 68 percent elementary, 64 percent middle, and 53 high schools. Imagine if more parents were involved in their child's education how those numbers could start decreasing. As an assistant teacher, I love all my students, but there are those behavior problems that impact the entire class from learning.  This problem will help benefit behavior and learning disabilities, and family community literacy disciplines. There are some parents who deal with behaviors at home and at school. Parents working with their child at home and at school will help decrease on behavior. For example, it was stated “using time-lagged growth models, Domina (2005) found that parent involvement activities like helping with homework and school volunteering predicted lower levels of future behavior problems for elementary school children, relative to parents who did not engage in these activities". Teachers deal with behaviors from elementary to high school. I will say from recent and experience the parents who are involved does help with their child education. In addition, there are many students with learning disabilities. When a parent is actively involved at home doing things like preparing activities, chores, and homework, giving positive praises to build their confidence. It was stated that children with learning disabilities often have difficulty understanding all they hear and read. If this is true parents speaking clearly and giving simple direction and modeling what it is that the child is supposed be doing to help them learn following directions better.  These are some ways parents at home being involve can help their child succeed in their education and life. Another discipline is family, community literacy disciplines. If more parents are involved this could help to approach education in which parents and children are learning and growing together. When families, community, and school staff work together to support student learning, this could have a powerful result in their child's life. Emerging research studies assert that children's motivation to succeed in school is influenced by the educational achievement of their parents. There are many resources and programs to assist parents’ behavior and learning disabilities as well as a family and community literacy. Parents being involved in their child's education is going to continue to be an ongoing issue in society. There's no single discipline, but when getting depth with socioeconomic status in the education of the minority community, I could use discipline of child growth and development and economics. I believe the most important disciplines are child growth and development. Every child grows and develops differently, doing things at their own pace and time. Child development starts at age birth to three months in which a child begins to smile and visually track people and objects with my eyes, prefer to look at faces and bright colors, upstanding and hearing sounds and discover their hands and feet as a child continues to develop more and different in their cognitive stages. The more research I find and insight there are several disciplines that can shed light on the problem. People will continue to have kids and send them to school to better their education. If more parents beginning to be involved, then the problem will decrease more and more.]]> 2018-07-19 20:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270656151 Step two Reflection unique_lexis https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270656511 2018-07-19 20:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/unique_lexis/gi0y1bdxhhfl/wish/270656511