ABSTRACT

Parent Involvement for Motivated Learners provides pre-service teachers and researchers with guidance on how to foster mindful, healthy school–family partnerships that empower students to become resilient, self-directed learners. Given the intense academic pressures on students to succeed – and on parents and teachers to help them do so – it is important to develop learners who can weather increased standards and demands. Committed to helping teachers reflect on how parent involvement relates to motivational concepts such as the growth mindset, self-regulated learning, and intrinsic motivation to learn, this book is an accessible synthesis of relevant research and theory surrounding student motivation and parent involvement.

chapter 1|18 pages

Building School Communities

1Shared Goals and Empowered Parents

chapter 2|22 pages

Authentic Homework Assignments

A Push for Making Homework into Meaningful Learning TasksPatricia Willems

chapter 3|21 pages

Intrinsic Motivation to Learn

Encouraging Parents to Let Students Take the Driver’s Seat

chapter 5|21 pages

Self-Regulated Learning

How Parents Can Help Children Take Personal Responsibility for Their Learning