Silent Partnership: Relations between Parents and Female Teachers in Primary Schools
Vol.14,No.1(2009)
People in School and their Relations
Abstract
Based on a qualitative research with parents and primary school (6–10) female teachers, this text is an empirical study endeavouring to disclose the forms of interaction and communication between the family and the school. The group of parents representing the economic status of the middle-class, who are perceived by female teachers as good and cooperative parents, is specifically focused on. Described is their strate gy of silent partnership which typically makes parents conform to teachers’ expectations in order to achieve their own objectives.
keywords: family, school, cooperation, involvement, partnership
Copyright © Studia paedagogica