Roditeljsko zadovoljstvo školom i stav prema promjenama u školstvu: uloga roditeljskih ulaganja i očekivanih posljedica promjena
Parental Satisfaction with School and Their Attitude toward Changes in School: The Role of Parental Investment and Expected Consequences of Changes

Summary/Abstract: Parental satisfaction with school influences the parents' involvement in children's schooling, and also the message they are sending to their children concerning their schooling and education in general. Therefore, the aim of this article is to explore some determinants of parental satisfaction with school and attitudes toward the necessity of changes in school. Data were analyzed on a sample of 3558 mothers and 989 fathers of elementary school children from 49 elementary schools included in the project "Evaluation of experimental implementation of Croatian national educational standard (HNOS)" as control schools. Parents mostly express mild satisfaction with school in general and observe a relatively big necessity for changes. Satisfaction with school is mostly predictable based on attitudes toward different aspects of school, some sociodemografic characteristics and least based on some aspects of parental investment in children's education. The general attitude toward the necessity of changes is mostly predictable based on expectations of upcoming changes, followed by attitudes toward different aspects of school, different aspects of parents' investment and least by sociodemographic characteristics. The results indicate the need for further investigation of reasons for parental (di)satisfaction, for their attitude of necessity of changes. They invite for a greater respect of parental attitudes, which could enable better parents-school cooperation during the application of changes.

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