Abstract
M.Ed.
This investigation deals with parental involvement as an aspect of school climate and its
implication for school effectiveness. The theme will be investigated in terms of four
chapters. In this chapter, the following aspects received the attention of the researcher:
Introduction, problem statement, aims and objectives, research methodology,
assumptions of study, clarification of concepts and order of the discussion. This chapter
only provides an overview of the study and aspects that will receive attention of the
researcher.
The next chapter investigates the characteristics of an effective school based on the
literature study. This will be done in order to obtain recent research findings on the
characteristics of effective schools. In this research project, the researcher tried to be as
objective as possible to avoid biases or distortion as well as ideological flaws when
investigating literature. The continuous slavish repetition of previous research on
parental involvement as an aspect of school climate and its implication to school
effectiveness will be minimised when doing the literature review.