Relationship Between School Climate Perceptions of Parents and Their Involvement in Schooling

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Abstract

Parent perceptions of school climate lead to parent involvement or engagement in the school and this process may result in more positive school outcomes. This quantitative research is based on ongoing study of Master’s thesis. The questionnaire which has the scales of school climate and parent involvement was applied to 263 parents in Turkey. Factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation were used in data analysis. Preliminary results showed that there was a positive relationship between parents’ perceptions of school climate and parent involvement. Furthermore, education level of parents and grade of the students made a difference on perceptions of school climate and parent involvement. Section 4b.

Authors

• Hasan Yucel Ertem, Middle East Technical University

• Gokce Gokalp, Middle East Technical University