Intenvening with teachers to encourage father/male involvement in early childhood programs

Citation
Ba. Mcbride et al., Intenvening with teachers to encourage father/male involvement in early childhood programs, EARLY C R Q, 16(1), 2001, pp. 77-93
Citations number
34
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Education
Journal title
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY
ISSN journal
0885-2006 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
77 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-2006(2001)16:1<77:IWTTEF>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the impact of an inter vention program targeted at teachers and designed to encourage and facilita te father/male involvement in state-funded prekindergarten programs for chi ldren identified as being at-risk for later school failure. In contrast to other intervention programs which provide direct services to fathers/famili es, the nature of the current intervention was on providing support service s to staff members which focussed on strategies for encouraging father/male involvement. Participants were 21 teachers at two state-funded prekinderga rten programs. Evaluation data were collected which tracked the nature, con tent, and context of all parent involvement contacts at the treatment and c ontrol program sites over a 26 week period. Findings suggest that a signifi cantly higher proportion of the parent involvement contacts and activities at the treatment site program involved fathers/men than that reported at th e comparison site program. Results are discussed in terms of implications f or future research and program development in this area. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.