Een beetje een apart onderwerp voor de meest recente PISA in Focus, of toch een onderwerp dat je niet snel met PISA of de OESO zou associëren: hoe goed kennen ouders de vrienden van 15-jarige zoon of dochter, en hoe goed kennen ze de ouders van die vrienden?
Wat blijkt?
- On average across OECD countries, parents of 15-year-old students reported that they know five of their child’s school friends by name and four of the child’s friends’ parents. Parents in Georgia, Ireland and Spain reported knowing the most friends and parents, while parents in France, Hong Kong (China) and Macao (China) knew the fewest.
- In most countries and economies the parents of children attending socio-economically advantaged schools knew more of their child’s friends and their parents than the parents of children in disadvantaged schools.
- Students whose parents knew more of their friends and their friends’ parents scored higher in collaborative problem solving and reported fewer bullying experiences, even after accounting for socio-economic status.