PARENTAL INTRAFAMILIAL ENGAGEMENT IN SUPPORTING CHILD'S LEARNING DURING PRIMARY EDUCATION

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Parental intrafamilial engagement in supporting children's learning is an integral part of parental support for children's education and is particularly important for children's academic development during the first years of schooling. The aim of this work was to examine the relationship between, on the one hand, parents’ perceptions of their own role in the child's education and their self-assessments of their effectiveness in supporting the child's learning and, on the other hand, parents’ self-assessments of intrafamilial engagement in supporting the child's learning during primary education. The results, obtained by surveying parents of primary education students (N=204) in the city of Rijeka using an online questionnaire, suggest that respondents believe that active engagement in their child's education is an important part of their parental role, that they express a high level of self-efficacy for supporting the child's learning and that they often apply various activities to support the child's learning during primary education. The results further indicate that parents who consider their role in their child’s education important, as well as parents with a higher level of self-efficacy in supporting their child’s learning, are more likely to engage in various activities to support their child’s learning during primary education.

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educational policy, educational reform, PISA survey, Sweden, external assessment