A study on parents of different sexes participating in school affairs—the example of a junior high school

• Main Authors: Chin Chen Yeh, 葉靖岑
• Other Authors: Chin-Ju Mao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/464jju

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 101 === A study on parents of different sexes participating in school affairs—the example of a junior high school Abstract The purpose of this study was aimed at investigating the different behavior characteristics shown on the parents of both sexes in Zheng Yi Junior High School when participating school affairs. This thesis attempts to probe into the experiences of the parents’ participation in school affairs and further inquiry the significance and difference between the both sexes. The research questions are as follow 1.To understand the parents’ actual participation in family education, class and school affairs. 2.To realize the parents’ motives, methods, extent and range when participating. 3.To grasp the similarities and dissimilarities between their concerns about school affairs in terms of the sexual difference. 4.To learn about the association of parents’ participation and the management in their interpersonal relationship. Qualitative research was adopted in this study. In-depth interviews were the main source of the data represented and analyzed in it, together with some observations of the processes of the interviews and meetings in which those parents participated. According to the data, the researcher tried to find out a proper method that can be applied in the study depending on the motives of those parents of both sexes The result suggests that the factors which influence female and male parents include their “ traditional sexual roles,” “ growing background,” “ the social relationship among the parents, “career status” and “time.” Those factors have great effect upon the parents’ participation in school affairs. The male parents have certain significant behavior characteristics. For example, their traditional role as male parents was overthrown. They have a more passive attitude toward participating school affairs. The female parents show another kind of significant behavior features. They act as silent assistants whose belief is “family and children take precedence over anything.” The female parents have higher self-evaluation and they take the larger propotion in making school policy decisions.According to the conclusions，the researcher provides a number of recommendations for follow-up studies.