家長參與對國中學生教育成就之影響：社會資本的觀點

This paper aims to apply James Coleman’s theory of social capital to an examination of the effect of parental involvement, viewed as a form of social capital, on the learning outcomes of junior high school students, and on their subsequent educational tracking in Taiwan. The data analyzed came from the Taiwan Education Panel Survey. The research findings showed that the educational attainment of the students exhibited the characteristics of “class reproduction” in educational stratification. The higher the mother’s level of education, the more frequently parents communicated with each other; hence, their children tended to attain better IRT scores and receive better teachers’ assessments. As a result, these students will have a higher chance of entering academic senior high schools. The results indicate that high status families have an advantage, through active parental involvement, which enables them to maintain or increase the competitiveness of their children in educational achievement