Abstract
There is a positive relationship between the parents involvement and the students’ academic performance and achievement (García et al., The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program. The National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2016; Gordon, Parent effectiveness training. Three Rivers Press, New York, 2000). Schools and teachers appreciate the contributions from parents’ comments, volunteering, and classroom support. Parents believe that the concepts they taught their child have a direct influence on the child’s personality, outlook on life, values, social skills, and attitude toward learning. Whatever the parents’ educational experiences, language they speak, or knowledge or skills, all parents begin this journey with their first baby. Parents spend about 75,000 h on average with their child. New parents usually get advice from parents, friends, community health professionals, and online resources. This chapter focuses on ways to help parents cope and learn better parenting skills. Mobile technology, with its unique advantages, has the potential to help parents with the complexity of parenting. Mobile technologies’ ability to personalize learning in real time can be a helpful parenting tool.
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Zhang, Y.(. (2019). Parental Education: A Missing Part in Education. In: Zhang, Y., Cristol, D. (eds) Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41981-2_101-1
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