Making the Difference with Active Parenting; Forming Educational Partnerships between Parents and Schools

Autor/inn/en	Oostdam, Ron; Hooge, Edith
Titel	Making the Difference with Active Parenting; Forming Educational Partnerships between Parents and Schools
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 28 (2013) 2, S.337-351 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
DOI	10.1007/s10212-012-0117-6
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Educational Practices; Child Rearing; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Parent Teacher Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Kindererziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung
Abstract	Although parental involvement is often a priority on the quality agenda of schools for primary and secondary education, it is still not usual to involve parents as an educational partner in the actual learning process of their child. Rather than adopting an open approach, teachers tend to tell parents what they should do or keep them at a safe distance. At the same time, parents are increasingly becoming better informed, more critical and thus are more strongly positioned towards school. They address teachers more directly in case of problems or disappointing results of their child. Clearly, this might lead to a negative impact on the mutual relationship especially when parents' emotional involvement conflicts with a professional and detached attitude of teachers. Based on the results of several studies that provide ample evidence that parental involvement in the learning process can improve learning outcomes, it is argued that there is much to be gained in forming educational partnerships between parents and schools. Different dimensions of active parenting are discussed, as well as prerequisites for successful implementation. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10