Parents ’ involvement in their children’s education has been shown to have positive results in va... more Parents ’ involvement in their children’s education has been shown to have positive results in various aspects of child develop-ment such as behaviour, social-emotional development and academic performance. This article focuses on teachers ’ views of the major problems affecting home-school partnership and possible solutions to improve communication between school and family. It examines teachers ’ accounts of the components of parental participation in the process of pupil learning and evaluates teachers ’ suggestions for improving teacher-parent collaboration in Greek schools. The results show that Greek secondary school teachers have a positive attitude towards parental involvement in school but find that in fact parental involvement in Greek schooling is poor and infrequent. Most teachers ascribe poor parent-school relationship to factors such as parental unwillingness to respond to school initiated partnership schemes and to the parents ’ educational and social background. Gene...
Parents ’ involvement in their children’s education has been shown to have positive results in va... more Parents ’ involvement in their children’s education has been shown to have positive results in various aspects of child develop-ment such as behaviour, social-emotional development and academic performance. This article focuses on teachers ’ views of the major problems affecting home-school partnership and possible solutions to improve communication between school and family. It examines teachers ’ accounts of the components of parental participation in the process of pupil learning and evaluates teachers ’ suggestions for improving teacher-parent collaboration in Greek schools. The results show that Greek secondary school teachers have a positive attitude towards parental involvement in school but find that in fact parental involvement in Greek schooling is poor and infrequent. Most teachers ascribe poor parent-school relationship to factors such as parental unwillingness to respond to school initiated partnership schemes and to the parents ’ educational and social background. Gene...
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