Special Education Teachers’ and Parents’ Attitudes Toward the Rights and Obligations of Parent Involvement in Elementary Schools

• Main Authors: TSAI,HSIU-CHUAN, 蔡秀娟
• Other Authors: WANG,MU-JUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42290739748023560957

碩士 === 臺中師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 91 === The purpose of the study is to examine the opinions between the teachers of special education and the parents of handicapped children in elementary schools concerning the rights and obligations of parent involvement. Also, the study is to compare teachers’ and parents’ attitude toward the rights and obligations of parent involvement in the different variables. This study employed the “survey method”. The subjects include 92 teachers and 180 parents randomly selected from the classes of special education in elementary schools in Taichung. The major findings are as follows: 1. All teachers demonstrate positive attitude toward the rights and obligations of parent involvement and there are no significant differences in the attitudes related to different variables. 2. All parents demonstrate positive attitude toward the rights and obligations of parent involvement; however, there are significant differences in the attitudes relative to education level and whether or not participating in parents’ association. 3. Parents with high education level and had participated in parents’ group have more positive attitudes toward the rights and obligations of parent involvement. 4. Parents have more positive attitude toward the rights of parent involvement than teachers in areas of special education services. 5. Teachers had more positive attitude toward the obligations of parent involvement than parents in areas of parent as home tutors. According to the findings, some suggestions are proposed for the government, schools, parents, and future research.