Beschreibung
Vygotsky (1978) asserted that the path between a childs thinking and their academic achievement is influenced by the important people in their lives, in particular their parents. This book presents case stories that show how parents play a crucial role in influencing their childrens academic achievement because of the way parents communicate their sociocultural values and practices. In the light of these stories and the critical exploration in connection with the prevalent literature in the field, parents are encouraged to maximise their childrens academic achievement through the appropriate opportunities that allow for interaction and communication of their expectations and values. This book is useful for all students and researchers from the broad area of education and psychology, and most of all, for parents.
Autorenporträt
Sivanes Phillipson PhD is an academic faculty staff at The HongKong Institute of Education. Her research interests includecontext of academic achievement in relation to cultural contextsand Chinese learners and parents. She has publishedinternationally in journals and books. Email: sivanesp@ied.edu.hk
