Parental satisfaction with school – determining factors

• Authors: Radosław Kaczan , Piotr Rycielski , Olga Wasilewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the results from a questionnaire survey on the opinion of parents about pre-school and early school education conducted in 2011. This analysis focuses on school assessment by parents who have at least one child attending school. in analyses, five factors describing parental satisfaction emerged: child satisfaction with school, learning load attractiveness of classes, contact with peers, special classes. Regression analyses were used to examine relations between identified factors and a general assessment of satisfaction with the care and education of the child. The strongest predictors for satisfaction with care and the child’s education are child’s satisfaction with school (factor 1) and attractiveness of classes (factor 3).

Keywords

EN

parental satisfaction with school; parental attitudes towards school; school work evaluation

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
• Journal: Edukacja
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 6(131)
• Pages: 39–52

Dates

published

2014-09-16

Contributors

author

Radosław Kaczan

• Educational Research Institute

author

Piotr Rycielski

• Educational Research Institute

author

Olga Wasilewska

• Educational Research Institute

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Notes

http://www.edukacja.ibe.edu.pl/images/numery/2014/6-3-kaczan-et-al-parental-satisfaction-with-school.pdf

Identifiers

ISSN

0239-6858