Father School Research Articles

Those who did not do the marriage maturity scale should not get married…

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan's second stop within the scope of Ankara programs was TDF Women, Family and Youth Center. Tarhan met with the people of Ankara within the scope of the Mother and Father School project.

Men’s Healing Work: Reconciling Intergenerational Ambivalence Through Fatherhood, Letter Writing, and Community

Due to globalization, new ideals of fatherhood are challenging traditional paternal roles in South Korea. Contemporary fathers striving to emulate more engaged parenting sometimes wrestle with painful recollections of their own fathers’ stern, distant, and patriarchal approach. How do men reconcile their aspirations for their own development as parents when conflicted relationships with their fathers? Motivated by the concept of intergenerational ambivalence, this study analyzes letters South Korean men write to their fathers as assigned homework for Father School, an international men’s movement that aims to make men more nurturing. Under Father School direction, men adopt a life course frame that allows them to reconcile their mixed feelings toward their aging fathers. Analysis points to three life course discursive strategies that permit men to balance negative judgments with positive ones: 1) sharing with their parent the life stage as worker and father; 2) appreciating historically-situated differences between twentieth and twenty-first century lives and parenting imperatives; and, 3) drawing on deeply rooted filial norms to take responsibility for their own role in intergenerational conflicts. In addressing how these men manage intergenerational ambivalence, the article moves beyond prior research to extend the concept to father-son dyads, the Asian context, and the neglected meso-level where organizations may actively structure reconciliation.

A case study on the management of an e-learning father school course in Korea

A case study on the management of an e-learning father school course in Korea

An Exploratory Analysis of the Factors Associated with Fathers’ School Involvement in South Korea

The current “Dad Craze” trend has changed the South Korean father figure and has increased the number of fathers participating in children’s education. South Korean parents are known for placing a particularly high value on child education. Despite a significant body of research on fathers’ involvement with their children, no research has investigated the factors affecting fathers’ school involvement in South Korea. This study established an empirical framework for fathers’ school involvement based on the Lamb-Pleck four factor model and explored factors that influence Korean fathers’ school involvement. Using data derived from an internet survey of South Korean fathers with school-aged children (N = 500), descriptive statistics analysis and a regression analysis were conducted to examine the level of fathers’ school involvement and its determinants. Regression analysis showed that fathers’ parent efficacy (B = .367, p = .006) as a skill factor, wife’s support (B = .430, p < .000) as a social support factor, and working flexibility (B = .280, p = .001) as an institutional factor had a statistically significant effect on father school involvement. This study revealed that skill (fathers’ parental efficacy), social support (wife’s support for fathering), and institutional factor (working flexibility) were key predictors of fathers’ involvement in their children’s schools. Father’s gender role attitude did not have a significant effect on the fathers’ school involvement. This study provides empirical evidence regarding determinants of fathers’ school involvement in South Korea and suggests policy implications in order to promote fathers’ school involvement.

교정측면에서 교도소아버지학교에 대한 이해

교정측면에서 교도소아버지학교에 대한 이해

A study on the improvement device of the prison mother school

여성수용자에 대한 교정정책은 그들의 교정에 있어서 큰 역할을 해왔다. 그런데 우리나라의 여성수용자에 대한 교정정책은 두가지 측면에서 근본적 한계를 가져온 바 하나는 철저한 관료독점적 생산방식에 의한 관료적 한계이며 또 하나는 “여성”으로서의 여성수용자에 대한 교정정책에 치우쳐 “어머니”로서의 여성수용자에 대한 교정정책은 거의 없었다. 따라서 여성수용자에 대한 교정정책에 있어서 탈관료적 교정정책과 “어머니”측면에 초점을 맞춘 교정정책의 측면을 동시에 가지는 정책이 필요했다. 이러한 추세에 부응하는 교정가족정책의 모델이 바로 교도소아버지학교에 영향을 받아 2004년에 시작된 교도소어머니학교이다. 교도소어머니학교는 어머니의 진정한 회복과 성경적 여성상의 회복, 어머니의 영향력, 아내의 사명을 통하여 어머니수용자의 가족관계의 강화와 교화를 돕는 외부주도모형에 기반한 제3섹터모형이다. 교도소어머니학교는 어머니수용자들로부터 기존의 관료지향적 교정가족정책과는 질적으로 다른 호평을 받고 있지만 교도소어머니학교이념과 프로그램에 내재된 여러 문제점이 있다. 따라서 교도소어머니학교의 성숙된 발전을 위하여 이념, 프로그램, 공급자와 수요자측면에서 그 문제점과 개선방안을 독창적이고 학제적 접근으로 기술하였다.The correction policy for female prisoners has played on important role on their rehabilitation in Korean prison. But, korean correction policy for female prisoners has basic limits. One is the bureaucratic limit of bureaucratic production way in correction, the other is almost nothing the correction policy for female prisoners as “mother prisoners” due to bias of female prisoners as “female”. Therefore, we need a de-bureaucratic policy and “mother”-centric policy that has to be carried out simultaneously in correction policy for female prisoners in Korea. A correction family policy model that fits this correction trend is prison mother school since 2004 affected by prison father school in 2003. Korean prison mother school is the third sector model based on external model in correction service production that contributes to their rehabilitation and their restoration of family relationship throughout their restoration as “mother”, restoration of biblical female image, the influence of a mother, a mission of wife. Korean prison mother school is given a favorable reception by mother prisoners involved in prison mother school program of duranno mother school unlike existing bureaucratic correction family policy. But, korean prison mother school program and its ideology has basic inherent problems. Therefore, I insisted on its problems and desirable directions through my original interdisciplinary study in its program, ideology, supply, demand for its desirable development.

DISCRIMINANT ANALYZES FOR THE USE OF TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN AN URBAN CENTER IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Introduction : The consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is a problem in adolescence, especially in the school context. This study aimed to identify the demographic and social variables that distinguished the students who had used tobacco, alcohol and/or other drugs at some point of their lives from those who had never used these substances. Methods : A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate students attending the ninth year of elementary education in the city of Caxias do Sul (n = 1,285). Results : Alcohol was the most consumed drug (74.9%). In all the three discriminant profiles, adolescents who used tobacco throughout their lives presented more family conflict and hierarchy, higher age, greater difficulty in talking to their mother, father, and siblings, and higher school failure rates. The group that reported lifetime use of alcohol showed similar characteristics, and also reported greater loneliness. The group that has used illicit drugs was characterized, as well as other factors, by meeting with friends outside school more often, not having a good friend, being lonely, and having difficulties in talking to their father. Conclusion : Several social and family-related aspects can act as factors that propitiate adolescents from drugs. Public policies in this regard are of fundamental importance. Keywords : Adolescents; use of drugs; family; discriminant analysis

THE MODERATING ROLE OF PARENTAL SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND PROBLEM FACED BY TRUANT AND PUNCTUAL STUDENTS

Ponte Academic JournalApr 2017, Volume 73, Issue 4 THE MODERATING ROLE OF PARENTAL SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND PROBLEM FACED BY TRUANT AND PUNCTUAL STUDENTSAuthor(s): Muhammad aqeel ,Dr Asghar Ali Shah, Dr.Iffat Rohail, Dr Sadaf Ahsan, kanwal shahbaz, Ammar AhmedJ. Ponte - Apr 2017 - Volume 73 - Issue 4 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2017.4.20 Abstract: This study investigated the role of parental attachment, parental school involvement and problem faced by truant and punctual students (n= 200) age ranged 12-18, using the cross- section techniques and three scales we assessed thinking of student about school, homework, parents ability to supervise and to monitor children in homework, school, home and family, health issues, parental attachment and emotional relationship between child and parents. Our data indicated parental attachment was significant positively correlated with mother’s school involvement but non-significant positively correlated with father’s school involvement, however, the data of punctual students on same variable was non-significant positively linked with mother’s school involvement and positively significant associated with father’s school involvement. These variables had significant negatively correlation with Mooney problem checklist across the truant students, moreover, non-significant positively correlated with mother’s school involvement and Mooney problem checklist but positively significant linked with father’s school involvement among punctual students. Further results showed non-significant differences among truant and punctual students on studied variables. The result indicated mothers’ more involvement in home related activities among truant students and fathers’ more involvement in school related activities among punctual. Results revealed father school involvement was a significant moderator between parental attachment and problem faced by punctual students. Present study will be helpful for parents and teachers to understand in dealing with problems of adolescent and interact with them according to their role. Helping parents to know about the impact of parental attachment will lead towards positive behaviors in their children Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password

When daddy comes to school: father–school involvement and children’s academic and social–emotional skills

ABSTRACTThe present study used a large sample of mostly non-resident fathers (74%) to determine whether father–school involvement (e.g. attending parent–teacher conferences) predicted better academic and social emotional skills after controlling for the influence of mother–school involvement, the quality of children’s home learning environment, and demographics. A total of 3570 children participated in the study (47% European American, 35% African-American, and 18% Hispanic). Although mothers in this study engaged in more frequent involvement in their children’s schools, father–school involvement was positively associated with children’s reading, math, and teacher-rated approaches to learning scores in elementary school. Furthermore, father–school involvement predicted better reading and math scores after controlling for the influence of mother–school involvement, the quality of children’s home learning environment, and demographics.

직업군인 아버지의 계급과 전학 경험이 있는 초등학교 고학년 자녀의 학교적응 -사회적 유능감의 매개효과

직업군인 아버지의 계급과 전학 경험이 있는 초등학교 고학년 자녀의 학교적응 -사회적 유능감의 매개효과

The study on the effect of the prison father school program on the rehabilitation of the prisoners

The study on the effect of the prison father school program on the rehabilitation of the prisoners

Taming Tiger Dads

How do non-Western men interact with and understand the form of Western masculinity associated with global dominance? Is their experience of Western hegemonic masculinity’s denigration of their national/ethnic masculinity similar to what occurs among subordinated nonwhite and lower-class men in Western countries? We take up this subject in our study of the South Korean Father School movement, which trains Korean men to become more involved and loving family men. Our analysis of the discursive practices of Father School organizational leadership and participants discovers the relational construction of a problematic “Korean” masculinity and a remedial “New Man” masculinity associated with white American men. We draw on Chen (1999) to suggest the Father School men’s movement is an attempt to elevate Korean masculinity on the world stage by “bargaining” with Western hegemonic masculinity.

집단면접조사를 통한 아버지 학교참여 사례 연구

Parents are one of the principal agents of education along with students and teachers. The father, who is also a member of the educational community, plays a role in and has responsibility for his children's education. But, in Korea, as mothers are largely responsible for the children's care and education, fathers' school involvement has not been treated as a research subject. However, changes in family structure and function have challenged the notion of the father's traditional role. Recently, the father who participates actively in the rearing and education of his child has emerged as a new trend of the father model. It has been proven through many studies that the father's involvement has unique positive effects on his children, a phenomenon known as the "father effect". This research investigates the father's school involvement through focus group interviews with fathers. The results showed that the father's school participation rate was not high, while the father's desire for school participation was very high. These results are explained by the situation of fathers having no time or pathway to participate in their children's school. In order to enable fathers' participation, leave for school participation needs to be implemented and the development of fathers' activities is necessary. A father education program is needed to bring about changes resulting in fathers' greater participation in their children's education. This study suggests policy implications for supporting fathers' school involvement.

Gender Boot Camp for Korean Immigrant Patriarchs

This paper explores the “new father” conversion process undertaken by participants of the worldwide, South Korean–inspired Father School movement. Focusing on first-generation Korean immigrant men living in the United States, men pursue an alternative Western paradigm of fatherhood emphasizing an emotionally expressive and caring “new father” ideal at odds with the distant and domineering fatherhood style that traditionally characterizes much of this population. Based on the ethnographic study of multiday seminars and content analyses of movement rhetoric and men’s personal letters, I assess how immigrant fatherhood is reconstituted within the stew of intensive interaction and affective bonding. The gender conversion process undertaken by these men involves five core elements: (1) trying participation, (2) defining fatherhood models, (3) following organizational roles and guidelines, (4) confessing fatherhood transgressions, and (5) projecting new fatherhood. This study extends conversion theory by explicating the processual and time-specific nature of how these distant immigrant patriarchs learn to become expressive dads.

Smile, you are under arrest: the misappropriation and misuse of mug shots online

Anyone can get arrested: a retired woman who volunteers at a local animal shelter, a loving father and middle school teacher, a circuit court judge, or a straight ‘A’ student attending an Ivy League college. A mug shot is part of the arrest process and these pictures are published on the arresting agency's website and are public records. A problem arises, however, when arrestees' mug shots are ‘scraped’ from arresting agencies websites and republished on private mug shot websites. Regardless of the severity of the crime, or whether charges were even filed by the State, after a simple online search of an arrestee's name, his mug shot displays at the top of online search results, every time. This ‘criminal’ then finds himself explaining to family members and employers about his arrest. He must pay each private company to have his mug shot removed. Not only is this expensive, but new mug shot sites scrape mug shots from arresting agencies every day. It is impossible for an arrestee to prevent his mug shot from appearing at the top of online search results. This paper demonstrates that these private companies are taking advantage of public records laws and are violating the rights of arrestees.

Transforming Fatherhood: Reconstructing Fatherhood through Faith-Based Father School in South Korea

Despite the fast growing literature on religion and fatherhood, the majority of research on the topic was conducted in western societies, and the linkage between culture, religion, and fatherhood was understudied. Using in-depth interviews with 20 Korean fathers who completed an evangelical Duranno Father School (DFS) program, this study examines the processes through which they reconstruct fatherhood and become involved fathers in contemporary South Korean society. Results show the DFS program is instrumental in the reconstruction of new fatherhood through the provision of a strong moral foundation. The transformational processes of fatherhood are initiated and sustained within men's relationships and interactions with families and religious communities in South Korean cultural context. However, reconstructing a new form of fatherhood is a daunting task and the processes of change are marked with constant tensions between old practices and new ways of doing fatherhood. Men must consciously make efforts to sustain new fatherhood through various means and strategies until new fatherhood becomes familiar. This Korean case suggests the significance of looking into the distinctive roles of religion in the processes of reconstruction of fatherhood, particularly in “unsettled times” characterized by social transformation. Implications of the findings for future research are discussed.

“Lord, I Am a Father!” The Transnational Evangelical Men's Movement and the Advent of “Benevolent’ Patriarchy

Begun as a small faith-based organization in South Korea in the late twentieth century, the Father School has evolved into a transnational evangelical men's movement, aiming to bring positive changes not only in the family but also in the church and larger society. Through a critical examination of the Father School's remaking of manhood and womanhood by analyzing what I call the “scripts of the wounded father’ and “scripts of the wise mother and good wife,” this article argues that despite its seemingly commendable goals such as the reduction of family violence and an increase in communication among family members, the Father School does not alter hierarchical gender relations and the hetero-patriarchal structure of the family and church. Instead, the remaking of manhood through the reformation of hegemonic masculinity “softens’ such a structure by calling for “benevolent’ patriarchy. Simultaneously, the Father School encourages women's re-domestication by legitimizing the roles of wife and mother as women's most valuable functions.

Obituary: Denys Barker Smith 1929-2007

Denys Barker Smith was bom on 9th April 1929 in Wybun- bury, Cheshire, the son of James Ramsay Smith, the local village headmaster, and Ida Mary Smith, also a teacher. He attended his father's school from 1934–1940, and from 1940–1947 was a pupil at Nantwich and Acton Grammar School, Cheshire. There he excelled in geography and geology, inspired by his teacher, Mr Gowdridge, who encouraged his interest in maps, landscape and topography. These interests led Denys to study geology at the University of Birmingham, from where he graduated with First Class Honours in 1950. University was followed by National Service (1951–1953), during which, as a Captain in the Royal Engineers, he was responsible for compiling mobility maps. He remained on the reserve of Scientific Officers until 1964. In 1953, he joined the Geological Survey of Great Britain, being appointed as Scientific Officer and based in the Newcastle Office. Denys transferred to the Leeds Office of the Geological Survey in and remained there until 1976. During his early career, Denys was engaged primarily on the field survey of eastern Co. Durham, embracing the indus­trial areas of lower Tyneside, Wearside and Teeside and the intervening coalfield areas, working mainly on the Permian Magnesian Limestone on the Sunderland and Durham geological map sheets. In 1958, he published ‘Some Observa­tions on the Magnesian Limestone reefs of north-eastern Durham’ in the Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain , the first of over 70 papers published throughout his scientific career. He was promoted to Principal Geologist in steadily increasing his national and international repu­tation as an expert on the Permian rocks of north east England and maintaining a steady flow of papers on the subject. In 1961, he completed the survey of the Magnesian Limestone on the Stockton 1:50 K Sheet, and in 1965 …

Links between parenting styles, parent–child academic interaction, parent–school interaction, and early academic skills and social behaviors in young children of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants

This study examined the influence of parenting styles, parent–child academic involvement at home, and parent–school contact on academic skills and social behaviors among kindergarten-age children of Caribbean immigrants. Seventy immigrant mothers and fathers participated in the study. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that fathers’ authoritarian parenting style was negatively associated with and father–school contact was positively associated with receptive skills, vocabulary, and composite scores over and above that of mothers’ contributions in these areas. Fathers’ authoritative parenting style and father–child academic interaction at home were positively related to children's social behaviors. Mothers’ authoritarian parenting style was negatively and mother–school contact was positively associated with children's social behaviors. Analyses indicated that fathers’ parenting carried the weight of influence over mothers’ parenting for facilitating both child academic skills and social behaviors. The roles of parenting styles, parent–academic activities, and parent–school contacts in early schooling are discussed.

John Ryland at School

John Ryland, as a pupil at his father's school, wrote an ‘Account of the Rise and Progress of the Two Society's at Mr Rylands and at Mrs Trinders Boarding School in Northampton…’ The spiritual concerns are those of the High Calvinist schoolboy. Several of his schoolfellows also became well-known Nonconformist figures.