PARENTAL ASPIRATIONS AND THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN
- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Research
- Vol. 14 (1) , 61-64
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0013188710140108
Abstract
A number of educational studies have reflected the view that parental aspirations tend to be derived from the socio‐economic status of the family. Their influence on children's achievement is regarded as causal. In this paper, such aspirations, it is maintained, are the product of a highly complex dynamic social process and attention is drawn to the neglected importance of the feedback of information about children's progress from schools to parents. By considering the social and informational components of the problem simultaneously, new research areas involving inter‐disciplinary studies are indicated.Keywords
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