ECE1243: Community and Parental Involvement

Parental involvement is an umbrella term that describes all the models of liaison between parents, schools and other community institutions that provide education to children. Education takes place not only in schools but also within families, communities, and society. Parents and families cannot be the only group of people for children’s education as long as their children interact with and learn from the world outside their families. Communities and society must support parents and families in the upbringing, socializing, and educating of their children. For this purpose, Epstein summarizes various types of partnerships between schools, families, and communities (Davis, 2000).