Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht
Volume 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-111

Parents and school - How do Turkish immigrant and German mothers as well as German teachers rate parental responsibility and involvement? [Eltern und Schule - Wie beurteilen türkischstämmige und deutsche Mütter sowie deutsche Lehrkräfte elterliche Verantwortung und Beteiligung?] (Article)

Kohl K. , Jäkel J. , Spiegler O. , Willard J.A. , Leyendecker B.
  • a Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude GAFO 04/605, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • b Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude GAFO 04/605, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • c Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude GAFO 04/605, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • d Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude GAFO 04/605, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
  • e Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude GAFO 04/605, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany

Abstract

This study examined how Turkish immigrant (n = 178) and German (n = 55) mothers rated their responsibility for their children's schooling and whether these attitudes predicted their actual school involvement (rated by mothers and teachers, n = 112). Turkish mothers were less educated than German mothers but ascribed higher value to children's education. Mothers' attitudes about their responsibility were predicted by their experience with the German school system, their education, their achievement values, and their children's age. Turkish mothers who attended school in Germany did not differ from German mothers in their responsibility ratings. Moreover, mothers' attitudes predicted their actual involvement. The high achievement values of Turkish mothers positively infuenced teachers' perception of their involvement. The fndings indicate that Turkish immigrant parents' school involvement refects culture-specifc attitudes and can be promoted by familiarity with the German school system. © 2014 by Ernst Reinhardt Verlag.

Author Keywords

Parental school involvement Responsibility for schooling Parental attitudes Turkish immigrants

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897562979&doi=10.2378%2fpeu2013.art21d&partnerID=40&md5=2bf169a8ad78ffa95d9508062e954346
DOI: 10.2378/peu2013.art21d
ISSN: 0342183X
Cited by: 4
Original Language: German