Agustín Godás Otero

Evaluation of the implementation of a socio-educational program with immigrant families: A case study

There exist an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the necessity to evaluate the processes which characterize a program and guarantee its implementation and evaluation. This paper deals with the implementation of a program designed to improve the acculturation of immigrant families in Spain (EU). Implementation followed a process that has proved successful in other settings, but is being applied here for the first time. Qualitative and quantitative measures are employed to assess each stage of implementation, with a particular emphasis on fidelity to program design. The intent was to guide effective revision of the program, and to establish it in a form that can be implemented on a larger scale.

Programa ECO-FA-SE

O progreso dunha sociedade depende, en gran medida, dos conecementos e capacidades que logren os seus membros a traves do sistema educativo. Pero moitos estudantes non conseguen avanzar de acordo as previsions curriculares, razon dabondo para apurar a busca de ferramentas que poidan beneficiar a todo o alumnado. ECO-FA-SE e un programa socioeducativo desenado para mellorar o rendemento do alumnado de 1o e 2o da ESO, tomando como base unha dinamica de traballo de colaboracion entre familias e centros de ensino. Conta con tres actuacions relacionadas: un Programa de Aprendizaxe Cooperativa (AC), un Programa de Educacion Familiar (EF) e un Programa de Aprendizaxe-Servizo (ApS). Ten sido implementado e avaliado, no marco de solidas actuacions investigadoras, por membros do Grupo Esculca da USC en sete centros educativos de Galicia. Os resultados acadados amosan o seu potencial sistemico, nomeadamente cando se trata de artellar canles efectivas polas que poida discorrer o exito educativo da nosa mocidade.

Can Parental Involvement Improve their Children’s School Performance? Study Results of an Educational Program

espanolEn este trabajo pretendemos analizar la actuacion de las familias a la hora de implicarse en los estudios de sus hijos/as adolescentes antes y despues de participar en un programa de educacion familiar. Participaron 79 familias de 7 centros con Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria. Los analisis nos permiten afi rmar que hay diferencias signifi cativas en la actuacion de las familias a la hora de implicarse en los estudios de sus hijos antes y despues de participar en el programa. Ademas, la implicacion mas efectiva en esta etapa vital es la socializacion academica frente a la basada en la escuela y/o el hogar. EnglishThis work is aimed at analyzing the way families act when it comes to get involved in their adolescent children’s studies before and after participating in a family education program, which involved 79 families and 7 Compulsory Secondary Education schools. The analyzes support the conclusion that there are signifi cant differences in families’ behavior when they get involved in their children’s education, before and after participating in the program. In addition, the most effective involvement at this vital stage is the academic socialization, versus the school - and/ or home-based socialization.