Barriers of Parents’ involvements in Qualitative Evaluation: A Qualitative research

The study was aimed at identifying parent involvement (PI) barriers in qualitative evaluation (QE) and applied phenomenological qualitative research. For this purpose, semi- structured interview with 35 parents of 6th grade students was conducted, and sample was selected by extreme (opposition) and intensify (proponents) sampling methods. Data analysis revealed 89 base, 15 organizers and 6 comprehensive themes, which are the lake of parental awareness of the basics and characteristics of qualitative evaluation (QE), improper understanding of teachers from parents’ participation in qualitative evaluation (QE), lack of parents’ knowledge from their responsibility, governing quantitative evaluation methods and structure on formal and informal education system, parents’ experiences from education system and socio- cultural factors. According to the findings, suggestions are presented for future researches and Practical solutions.