Parent involvement as an aspect of school management : implication for whole school development

M.Ed.Chapter one focussed on introducing the study where the statement of the problem, aim of the study and demarcation of the study were considered. The research topic was introduced as parental involvement as an aspect of school management, and concepts were defined with reference to literature based on parent, parental involvement, whole school development, and school management. Chapter two concentrated on a literature review, where the following were considered: the involvement of parents in school governance and management, parents and financial matters of the school, parents and curricular activities of the school, parental involvement in decision-making, parental involvement in matters of discipline, learner performance, in education at home and at school, and parent-teacher cooperation: a necessary cohesion. Specific ways of parental involvement were looked at, with reference to the literature review. Chapter three covered research methodology. The chapter described the research design used, the way the data was collected, the nature of the sample, and the way in which the data was analysed. A discussion of 10 items on parental involvement was presented. Chapter four focussed on the analysis and interpretation of data, validity and reliability, hypotheses and the discussion of the differences between the factor mean scores presented. The responses were also analysed against the factors Participative School Community Partnerships, Parental Involvement as an Aspect of School Management, and Whole School Development