Information Statment:
This survey is part of a study exploring school’s communication with parents and carers (including grandparents) from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
The research focuses on how parents use online and offline communication to engage with others and help locate knowledge as their children enter into and experience life in school.
Your input will be used to develop strategies to help make the school experience more rewarding for parents/ carers as well as children, and to improve communications between schools and families and enhance cultural inclusion.
This survey is the first stage of the research. The second stage of the study involves interviewing parents and carers in Sydney.
If you are interested in taking part in an interview about your experiences, please leave your details at the end of the survey or contact Lauren Gorfinkel: lauren.gorfinkel@mq.edu.au
This study has been approved by the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee.
To give your consent and start the survey, click “next” if you agree with the following:
- I have understood the purpose of this study and what is involved.
- I understand that my participation in this survey is voluntary and that I do not have to take part.
- I understand that I can withdraw from the survey at any point in time.
- I understand that my questionnaire responses will be kept anonymous, and data will only be used for the purposes of this approved study.
- I understand that the results of this survey may be published and that publications will not contain my name or any identifiable information about me.
- I understand that if I have any complaints or reservations about any ethical aspect of my participation in this research, I may contact the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee through the Director, Research Ethics (telephone (02) 9850 7854; email ethics@mq.edu.au). Any complaint made will be treated in confidence and investigated, and you will be informed of the outcome.
There are 19 questions in this survey.
