Education and the family : achievement, attainment, and quality school outcomes

Around the world, education is regarded as an institution which can substantially aid individuals, providing them with the knowledge and skills they will need to obtain jobs, achieve financial success, and lead better lives. Across virtually all family relationships, there is an inseparable connecti...

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Other Authors Madigan, Timothy J. (Editor), Blair, Sampson Lee (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesContemporary perspectives on family research ; v. 28.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781835493564
DOI10.1108/s1530-3535202528
Physical Description1 online resource (200 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Parents as school supplies: What types of parental support predict graduation from two- and four-year colleges? / Tanya Rouleau Whitworth
  • Chapter 2. Family and parental involvement in mathematics learning: Rural South African learners' voices / Hlamulo Wiseman Mbhiza
  • Chapter 3. Students' and parents' emotional capital, and academic achievement in elementary school / Katerina Bodovski, Yeonwoo Lee, and Eric Hengyu Hu
  • Chapter 4. A factitious inheritance: The main family factors influencing young people's mental health and academic performance / Ana Filipa Gonçalves Gago Pacheco
  • Chapter 5. The influence of family on mathematics achievement in China, taiwan and the United States / Timothy J. Madigan
  • Chapter 6. In search of 'good' education: Exploring parental school choices, perceptions and evaluations in a low-income neighbourhood of delhi / Sriti Ganguly
  • Chapter 7. "beyond bloodlines": Exploring changing patrilineal family dynamics, gender roles and gender disparities in education in rural Ghana / Francis Xavier Naab and Wolfram Laube.