Research in Parental Involvement

Yvette Latunde is Associate Professor at Azusa Pacific University, USA, where she teaches graduate and credential courses, mentors educators, and provides leadership on issues of diversity. Her research interests include diverse parental involvement, home-school collaboration, and the inclusion of students with special needs in the general classrooms.

• Part 1: Setting the Stage for Success.- Introduction.- Part 2: Designing the Project.- Chapter 1 - Research Needs and Questions.- Chapter 2 - Frameworks and Models.- Chapter 3 - Literature Review.- Part 3: Choosing the Research Methodology.- Chapter 4 - Quantitative Research Methods.- Chapter 5 - Qualitative Research Methods.- Chapter 6 - Mixed Methods.- Part 4: Performing the Research.- Chapter 7 - Selecting Research Participants.- Chapter 8 - Data Collection.- Chapter 9 - Data Analysis.- Chapter 10 – Sharing your Findings.

“It serves as a resource for doctoral students and novice researchers to build skills necessary to conduct research in parental involvement. Additionally, Latunde’s book is a resource for teacher educators and specialists who teach research courses or conduct training in parental involvement. … The uniqueness of this book is that the reflective questions at the end of each chapter help readers monitor their understanding of the reading and inspire them to think more deeply about parental involvement issues … .” (Nai-Cheng Kuo and Kristen Gilbert, School Community Journal, Vol. 27 (1), 2017)