TITLE:
Supporting the Success of Students—One of the Factors to Optimize the Role of the School through Its Cooperation with the Family
AUTHORS:
Sc. Vlora Sylaj
KEYWORDS:
Optimization; School; Family; Family Involvement; Cooperation
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
10,
2013
ABSTRACT: This article aims to
contribute to the growing interest and consideration to support the success of
students by the school and the family. This actually leads to the optimization
of the role of the school. Through answering the research questions, the paper
could serve readers to reflect for the better cooperation between
parents and school in terms of supporting the success of students. This
study reflects upon the importance of qualitative
collaboration, namely to enrich the public opinion with the valuable
information about the cooperation between school and home. The purpose of this
article is to ascertain whether it affects the level of
contacts between school and family by supporting the success of students from
the school. This study used quantitative method and aims to find answers to the
following questions: What are the school and the family factors that support
the success of students? Does this affect the level of contacts between the
family and the school? Research hypothesis: The level
of contacts between the school and families affected by the support by the
school for students’ success. We have included 400 teachers and 400 parents
from rural areas in this study, as well as 300 teachers and 300 parents of
fourth classes’ from the urban areas. They come from the various city schools
in Kosovo. Systematic sample was randomly selected, and we have compiled the
questionnaire. A team of pedagogues, who have been previously trained to use
this questionnaire, took attitudes of both subjects. Data were analyzed by SPSS
20 program. The study has reached some findings and conclusions. Participants’
responses indicate that the level of contact between the school and families is
affected by the factor supporting the success of students by the school.