Saturday, May 19, 2012

Research that Benefits Children and Families

My research would be about parent/teacher relationships and how they are important to the development of our children in early childhood development. I would entitle the research "Connected: the power that works through us" I chose this title because it summarizes the importance of developing this type of relationship. This relationship creates a healthy learning and living environment that allows the child to transition well from home to school. This transition shows the child how both environments work together for their own success.
This research would discuss, through factual observations, the importance of this type of relationship. I would take two families for this observation. One family would agrees with developing this relationship and the other would not. I would watch the family over a period of time and evaluated the child's developmentally in all areas. I would record their strengths and weaknesses. Throughout this observation I would interview each set of parents, teachers, and children at different times. In the end I would re-evaluate both families record the data.
This observation would provide new parents with first hand experience showing them the importance of developing these relationships when their children enter any learning environment. This article would also provide different ways, that the teachers in this observation provided, to form these relationships.

2 comments:

  1. Mackenzie, you made some excellent points about strong relationships between parents and their child' teacher or caregiver. There is value in establishing this relationship for all involved. So much research already exists supporting the importance of parent engagement so the direction you are taking follows what other research has been finding. In Head Start involving parents in all aspects of their child's education is vital to the success of all we do.
    Judi

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  2. McKenzie,
    I think you have really great idea for research! My only question is that if one family agrees to not foster a relationship with the teacher, and it's not their true feeling but one being done for research, is that allowing for a true observation for what the dynamic would be naturally? Also, if the standpoint of the research is that develping a relationship benefits the child, then in turn is a child being harmed when parents agree to not foster a relationship? Please don't take offense to my questions. I am so new to the research process and I am wondering about how to take accurate data for my own research as well. Thanks, McKenzie!!

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