Mediating Intimacy: Parent-Teacher Digital Communication and Perceptions of 'Proper Intimacy' among Early Childhood Educators

Autor/in	Erdreich, Lauren
Titel	Mediating Intimacy: Parent-Teacher Digital Communication and Perceptions of 'Proper Intimacy' among Early Childhood Educators
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 (2023) 3, S.589-609 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Erdreich, Lauren)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2020.1807387
Schlagwörter	Parent Teacher Cooperation; Computer Mediated Communication; Intimacy; Early Childhood Teachers; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Education; Child Rearing; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; Intimität; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kindererziehung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Ausland
Abstract	This study deals with perceptions of 'proper intimacy' disseminated through digital parent-teacher communication in early-childhood education and the implications for parents' reflexive projects of self. The article brings sociological understandings about perceptions of proper parenting and intimacy together with research on digital communications. Qualitative data was collected from an on-line discussion of early-childhood educators on their uses of parent-teacher digital communications. Analysis reveals the dissemination of two ideals of 'proper' intimate relationships. Digital sharing of what goes on at preschool invites parents to have an 'observant intimacy' with their children, based on knowledge-from-a-distance of the child's day. Complementing digital communication with face-to-face communication invites parents into an 'instrumental intimacy' with teachers -- an emotional connection for the purpose of the child's education. The article concludes with possible implications the perceptions of 'proper intimacy' disseminated through parent-teacher digital communications may have on contemporary parenting culture. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01