Parental involvement, engagement and partnership in their children’s learning during the primary school years: Part 2 (A) Case Studies & 2 (B) Oral Language Workshops.

Abstract

In 2017, Marino Institute of Education (MIE) successfully tendered for a grant award commissioned by the National Parents Council and funded by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the National Parents Council (NPC) to study the processes of parental involvement, engagement and partnership in their children’s learning in the primary school years. Part 1 consisted of a review of relevant national and international literature which was published in March 2019. Part 2(A) called for the development of case studies of parental engagement in five primary schools in Ireland. The perspectives of key stakeholders were to be sought, including parents, teachers, children and other relevant participants. Part 2(B) of the research called for further engagement with the five case-study schools around involving parents with the new primary language curriculum (2015), and particular attention was to be given to homework which supports children’s oral language and teanga ó bhéal (NCCA, 2017, p.16).