Parental involvement in the education of children with additional support needs during the pandemic: views from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia

Jovanović, Olja and Ristić Dedić, Zrinka and Poredoš, Mojca (2025) Parental involvement in the education of children with additional support needs during the pandemic: views from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. European journal of psychology of education, 40. ISSN 0256-2928 (Print), 1878-5174 (Online)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00912-8

Abstract

IN ENGLISH: Parental involvement in children’s education is one of the main components of inclusive education and one of the crucial factors in achieving positive academic outcomes for children with additional support needs (ASN). This study aims to explore the experiences of parental involvement during the pandemic and to gain insights into the personal, familial, and contextual factors (level 1 factors in Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler’s model [1995, 1997, 2005]) that influence their involvement practices. The study was conducted in Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia—three culturally and educationally similar contexts that applied slightly different educational measures during the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews with 42 parents of children with ASN attending the lower secondary educational cycle during the COVID-19 pandemic were conducted in the spring of 2022. Three themes were defined across all three country contexts, describing parental involvement as a reaction to the emergency situation, as a parental duty, and as a response to the child’s or school’s invitation. The results confirm the importance of parents’ motivational beliefs, parents’ perceptions of invitations for involvement by others, and parents’ perceptions of life context in parents’ decisions about involvement during the pandemic. The results also highlight that parental involvement in the education of children with ASN is highly dependent on the availability of school and system-level support. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Uključenost roditelja u obrazovanje djece jedna je od glavnih sastojnica inkluzivnog obrazovanja i jedan od ključnih čimbenika za postizanje pozitivnih akademskih ishoda za djecu s dodatnim potrebama za podršku. Ovo istraživanje ima za cilj istražiti iskustva roditeljske uključenosti tijekom pandemije i steći uvide u osobne, obiteljske i kontekstualne čimbenike (čimbenike razine 1 u modelu Hoover-Dempseyja i Sandlera [1995., 1997., 2005.]) koji utječu na njihove prakse uključenosti. Istraživanje je provedeno u Hrvatskoj, Srbiji i Sloveniji - u tri kulturno i obrazovno slična okružja koja su primijenila ponešto različite obrazovne mjere tijekom pandemije. Provedena su 42 polustrukturirana intervjua s roditeljima djece s potrebama za dodatnom podrškom, koja su pohađala niže srednje obrazovanje tijekom pandemije COVID-19 u proljeće 2022. godine. Definirane su tri teme u svim trima zemljama, koje opisuju roditeljsku uključenost kao reakciju na izvanredne okolnosti, kao roditeljsku dužnost i kao odgovor na djetetov ili školski poziv. Rezultati potvrđuju važnost roditeljskih motivacijskih uvjerenja, njihovih percepcija poziva drugih za uključenost, kao i doživljaja životnog konteksta za donošenje odluka roditelja o uključenosti tijekom pandemije. Rezultati također naglašavaju da je roditeljska uključenost u obrazovanje djece s potrebama za dodatnom podrškom vrlo ovisna o dostupnosti podrške na razini škole i sustava.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Language: English. - Title in Cropatian: Uključenost roditelja u obrazovanje djece s potrebama dodatne podrške tijekom pandemije: pogledi iz Hrvatske, Srbije i Slovenije. - Article number: 30. - A preprint version of the manuscript can be found at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xn9yu ; Peer-reviewed publication can be found at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10204676
Uncontrolled Keywords: Parental involvement, inclusive education, additional support needs, covid-19 pandemic, cross-national study (roditeljska uključenost, inkluzivno obrazovanje, potrebe za dodatnom podrškom, pandemija bolesti COVID-19, međunarodna studija)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: Karolina
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2024 19:54
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2024 19:54
URI: http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1188

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