Antecedents, effective factors and consequences of parents' participation in the online education process of elementary schools.

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1 Educational planning, psychology and educational sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

2 Educational planning, psychology and educational sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

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Introduction: The global spread of COVID-19 has disrupted many aspects of our lives. Education systems around the world have changed dramatically. Several countries have encouraged schools to switch to e-learning, and as a result, parents' involvement in their children's education has changed. This research was conducted with the aim of validating the antecedents, effective factors and consequences of the participation of parents of primary school students in online education.
Method: The statistical population of the present study was all parents, teachers and principals of elementary schools in the 1st and 19th education districts of Tehran. Of these, 328 samples were collected. The tool of the current research was a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was calculated using the CVI coefficient for components and items between 77 and 95, and the reliability of the questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha of 0.85, which indicates that The questionnaire used is reliable. Cronbach's alpha for the questionnaire components was calculated between 0.56 and 0.93. Finally, after collecting the data, the relationships between the variables were measured using structural equations with AMOS software with version 24.
Results: The results showed that in order to form a local pattern, the factors affecting parents' participation in the online education process of elementary schools were confirmed as a central phenomenon in the two dimensions of educational care and supervision and control of children. The phenomenon of parental participation in this field is formed under the influence of factors such as parental ability, parental support and infrastructural factors. On the other hand, the use of solutions such as cooperative methods and methods based on social activity under the title of parents' participation solutions leads to the understanding of the necessity of parents' participation.
Discussion and conclusion: These results, with their high validity and reliability of modeling, can be a powerful tool for investigating parents' participation and its role in online education in subsequent researches.
Keywords: parental participation, online education, cooperative education.

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