Constant in Education: It Is Article Critique

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Surprise. Fan and Chen (2001) discovered that a higher parental involvement had a positive correlation on student achievement. Perhaps such results would be unexpected by an academic toiling away in obscurity, but for this author and the man on the street, the results are unsurprising. Specifically, Fan and Chen noted that the focus on core subjects in isolation (e.g. math, reading, science, etc.) rather than a cumulative effect (e.g. GPA) was not the best practice. Fan and Chen suggest that researchers should focus on GPA/Parental Involvement because a GPA is a comprehensive analysis of a student's performance in school and that a GPA is more reliable (e.g. measurable) than an ala cart approach to student evaluation.

Critique

This article is bland, banal and bordering on redundancy. Fan and Chen (2001) broke no real new ground with their study. Fan and Chen successfully turned what would normally be a review of the literature, into "research." This author, while unpublished (save for blogs, bad poetry and unpublished academic papers) respects Fan and Chen as educators and researchers, but has a difficult time embracing their work. This author has been taught that academic research is the creation of new knowledge, not the creation of a hodgepodge from other's work. It is akin to taking a Big Mac and a Whopper, combining them into an artery clogging monstrosity and renaming it the McWhopper.

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It simply doesn't work. Furthermore, in this author's judgment, it seems to be a studying the obvious: students perform better in school when they are supported at home.

Implications for Educators

As stated previously, and understood by even the slowest dullard, parental involvement helps student achievement. What would be beneficial is to understand why parents choose to help their child. The author rejects the notion that a low SES has a negative correlation on parental involvement. There are poor parents who work with their children and help them achieve success. In addition, it would be beneficial to examine the quality of parental involvement vs. The quantity of parental involvement. Indeed, is it really beneficial to have the Volvo driving soccer mom in the school 24/7 for little Asthon's learning and self-esteem? More than likely, no. For today's students, there seems to be a need for helicopter parents to fly away and allow the student to achieve success and failure on their own. It does no good for parents to constantly "save" their child from the adversity that is life......

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