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Can Home Education Guiding Services Enhance Edu-

cational Involvement of Parents of Left-Behind Chil-

dren? An Empirical Analysis Based on Evidence from 

Hubei Province 

By Lei, W. & Zhang, Z. 
Correspondence to: Wanpeng Lei, Central China Normal University, China. E-

mail: 2466691134@qq.com  

MID its economic development and social structural transformation, 

China has seen an ongoing flow of its rural population into urban areas, 

instigating the issues of left-behind children and their education. According 

to relevant field studies, the dearth of home education and weak connections 

with the school are pervasive in households with left-behind children. This 

has raised the concern for the inadequate educational involvement of parents 

of this group in academia. This article is an examination of the effects of 

home education guiding services on educational involvement of parents of 

left-behind children from the perspective of family capability development, 

aiming to provide implications for improving home education guidance for 

migrant worker parents.  

Research Findings: 

 Home education guiding services can significantly enhance educa-

tional involvement of parents of left-behind children. They have the 

potential to improve the quality and outcomes of home education of 

migrant worker households by providing professional guiding services 

to parents of left-behind children and boosting their capability in child 

education. 

 There is heterogeneity in the effects of home education guiding ser-

vices on educational involvement of parents of left-behind children in 

different circumstances. (i) Parents of left-behind children at the jun-

ior secondary level benefit more from home education guiding ser-

vices in their in-home education involvement, whereas those of left-

behind children at the primary level benefit more from these services 

in their out-of-home education involvement. (ii) Home education 

guiding services generate the most significant positive outcomes for 

households with both parents being migrant works in terms of in-

home education involvement. Regarding out-of-home education in-

volvement, households with the mother being the migrant worker 

benefit most from these services. (iii) Home education guiding ser-

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vices are more beneficial for parents with medium and lower educa-

tion levels in their in-home education involvement, while parents with 

medium and higher education levels benefit more from these services 

in their out-of-home education involvement. 

The study proposes the following suggestions: First, give full play to 

the central role of the school in providing home education guiding services 

and ensure the basic educational involvement of parents of left-behind chil-

dren; second, offer targeted guiding services in accordance with the individ-

ually different home education needs of left-behind children households; 

third, enhance the professionalism of home education guiding services to 

strengthen the family capability and educational involvement of migrant 

worker parents. 

 

 
Source: Chinese Journal of Distance Education, 2024; 44(12):24-35.