For this assignment, I chose option two.
To imagine no restrictions for a research project gave me a
chance to really think about my passions in the field. If I could research any topic, I would want
to research family involvement in Appalachia and the benefits of being involved
in children’s educative process. I would
design pilot programs that families could learn skills for helping their children
succeed. I know that research shows the positive
benefits of family involvement. However,
being from Appalachia, I would be interested in researching how a program with family
education, a family academy, if you will, positively affects graduation rates
and college/vocational school attendance.
I think that families often do not know the resources available to them
and beginning at an early age would help them not feel so boxed in, if you
will, and know early on the options that can be given to them. In doing this research, families would be
empowered to help their children, know available resources, and serve as an
encouragement to their children. In
doing this, I would hope to see that graduation rates and college attendance
would increase.
Hi Kristi,
ReplyDeleteFamily Involvement is such of an important topic. I congratulate you on wanting to find out more about how that can impact graduation rates and college attendance. I do think that families that get involved in their children education can have a great impact in their children overall education, which includes college attendance and success. Hopefully one day you do get to research this topic.