期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：2009
卷号：18
期号：4-5 (102-103)
页码：625-648
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：Parental satisfaction with school influences the parents' involvement in children's schooling, and also the message they are sending to their children concerning their schooling and education in general. Therefore, the aim of this article is to explore some determinants of parental satisfaction with school and attitudes toward the necessity of changes in school. Data were analyzed on a sample of 3558 mothers and 989 fathers of elementary school children from 49 elementary schools included in the project "Evaluation of experimental implementation of Croatian national educational standard (HNOS)" as control schools. Parents mostly express mild satisfaction with school in general and observe a relatively big necessity for changes. Satisfaction with school is mostly predictable based on attitudes toward different aspects of school, some sociodemografic characteristics and least based on some aspects of parental investment in children's education. The general attitude toward the necessity of changes is mostly predictable based on expectations of upcoming changes, followed by attitudes toward different aspects of school, different aspects of parents' investment and least by sociodemographic characteristics. The results indicate the need for further investigation of reasons for parental (di)satisfaction, for their attitude of necessity of changes. They invite for a greater respect of parental attitudes, which could enable better parents-school cooperation during the application of changes.
关键词：elementary school children; education; parental satisfaction; parental involvement; changes in education
