Does your parents' educational background affect how far you will take your education?

Does your parents' educational background affect how far you will take your education?

Part A

Part 1

Identification of project

I propose to conduct a survey for my project and ask a combination of 20 students, colleagues, and friends to complete a questionnaire.

Hypothesis is clearly stated -- what problem or question are you going to answer.

As a teacher, one of my goals is to prepare students for a post-secondary education but I feel many students will not pursue this path because their parents' educational background limits their goals. Does your parents' educational background effect how far you will take your education?

A general plan of action for how you will proceed is included

I will collect data from high school students, graduate level students, people in the work force, and colleagues. The survey will consist of 10 questions focused on the educational goals of the person participating in the survey and their parents' educational background. I will also be asking about age, ethnicity, financial, and family support. The results will be analyzed to see if parents educational backgrounds effects educational goals of their children.

Annotated website

Parents with a secondary education are more involved with their children's education. The parents that obtain a secondary education tend to be financially secure, have more time, and better understand the pressures of school to support and encourage their children.

This article reinforces the idea that educated parents lay the foundation for their children to attain a level of success in their educational endeavors (Gratz, 2006).

Annotated website

This article explains that a child whose parents who put fort more effort into his or her own education does better at school.

This is relevant to my survey because it introduces work ethic. It also illustrates the idea of modeling; children will model parents' behaviors including pursuing educational goals (Fraja, 2010).

Annotated journal article

This journal article discusses the parental involvement of Hispanic families and how that effects academic achievement. The key points are that there is some involvement already, language barriers sometimes hinder parental involvement, and economic factors also hinder parental involvement.

This is information is pertinent because it shows the type of involvement parents currently have with students but it also answers the question of what type of involvement is needed (Altschul, 2011, 159-171).

Annotated journal article

This study looks at the expectations of students, teachers, and parents on educational attainment. Basically, the study illustrates that expectations are the driving force behind students attending a post-secondary institution. There is research on parental involvement and the level of education parents have that is in direct correlation to the students drive to attend post-secondary institutions.

This article is important because of the support it lends to my hypothesis. The research offered supports my idea that parents' educational background is an underlying force in a students' academic career (Sciarra, 2011, P 231-241).

Part 2

Review of literatures

Website Review # 1

This article is taken from the website sciencedaily dot com which is based on the research about the efforts ...