Research questions (expanded version)

 The following questions are those that I would like to address in my research to apply to my final paper 

• What value is placed on literacy education? What factors are going to be assessed when asking this question?
• I really would like to know how important education is perceived in the home setting.  What factors contribute to it? Are parents that have a higher level of education more prone to making sure that their children do well and succeed in school? Does ethnicity and culture play a part as well? 

• If a high value is placed on education, what roles do outsiders (parents, siblings, and other family members) play on how a child learns?

• In my experiences I have seen that when a child sees learning as important and something that is truly influential then that carries through to how they conduct themselves in the school setting.  When a child sees that, then the world is theres for the taking.  Their is no challenge that is out of reach. If education is seen as essential is opens the doors to numerous opportunities.  I have also seen first hand that sibling interaction impacts the literacy process. If ones older brother or sister sees learning, reading and writing as "uncool" then the child is more likely to develop the same mindset. I would like to research the specifics of the roles that parents play in their children's educational lives.   

• When a parent gets involved in their child's education, how much involvement is to much?
• Is there a boundary that parents shouldn't cross? When do they become to controlling? I have seen first hand parents that will physically do a project for their child so that it looks perfect. I would rather see a child try their hardest and do their best then have them hand in a project or a paper that clearly wasn't done by themselves.  What are the extremes that parents will go to?

• What are the positives and negatives of these influences?
• What kind of impact does this have on the children? Are they being taught that they can never do anything for themselves and everything have to be perfect? Or on the other hand are they being taught to be themselves, make mistakes here and there and learn from their experiences?

All of these questions are what I would like to touch on in my research and I can't wait to begin!