Critical Reflection on Parental Involvement in Children's Education

Running head: CRITICAL REFLECTION
Critical reflection
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Introduction
This research paper has been published in the International Journal of Primary, Elementary, and
Early years education in 2016 specifies the issue of parental involvement in children’s
educational endeavours. This paper will be analysing the nuances of this research paper in terms
of the data analysis , the quality of work, critical understanding of the research design, their
findings and the methods of conceptualisation. Under the conceptualisation part, this paper will
be throwing light on findings of the problem statement of the research. It is expected to ponder
on the diverse body of literature referred for the purpose for conducting the research, in case of
the issue of formulation of research question, this paper will be analysing the research questions
undertaken by the research in order to better address their problem statement of the research. It is
also expected that the study will be understanding the significant of the study in terms of the
presentation of original idea and authenticity. Under the discussion of the research design part,
this paper will be broadly outlining the data collection method and the effective procedures
undertaken for the same. The third part of the analysis will be focusing on the issue of critical
analysis of the issue by refereeing to the analytic procedure undertaken by author. Finally, it will
be highlighting the understanding of analysis of the findings. The aim of this paper is to
critically understand the concept presented by the author. It is important to understand the
background of the study since this paper will be making a critical analysis of the same.
The paper is based on the analysis of factors important for the purpose of understanding the link
between the parents and their expectations with that of the children and their career growth. This
paper also analyses the role of the parents in having higher expectations towards their children
which leads to the excessive involvement of them in their children’s growth (Carmichael et al.,

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2016). The author has mentioned that excessive involvement of the parents might impede the
growth process of the children since it creates extra pressure in them to achieve higher. However
the paper has been dedicated to the finding level of involvement of the parents in the academic
achievement of the children in the specific subject of mathematics. What is novel about this
piece of study is the fact parental involvement do not always lead to the process of control of the
children, it also reaps positive benefits to the overall performance of the child.
Discussion
Conceptualisation:
It is significant to note that the author has rightly pointed put the problem areas in the previous
study in the subject of students’ achievement and their parental involvement. It has pointed out
the gap in the existing body of literature which clearly specifies the fact that there is lack of
understanding on the issue of parental involvement in the context of Australia and their
children’s achievement especially in mathematics. In terms of the grasp of the author in the
related field of literature it is to be argued that the author has studies the background of the
factors that influence the development of good grade for the children and the issue of
homework in context of France which seems to provides a positive result in this context. It has
also been argued by the author that the importance of understanding the background of the study
is crucial in understanding the impact of parental involvement in their children’s achievement.
The author has successfully contributed on the issue of the background of the study with the
present reference to Australian parents and their commitment towards their children. However it
is to be mentioned at this junctures that the research questions derived do not relate to the gaps
identified in the body of the research(Hirano, 2016). Moreover the research questions are