Parental involvement in school: teachers perspective

Authors

  • Maria Raquel Santana Instituto Politécnico de Beja / CICS-NOVA
  • José David Justino CICS-NOVA
  • Sílvia Almeida CICS-NOVA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2020.v14.27418

Keywords:

School/family relationship, Practices of parental involvement in schools, Teachers representation

Abstract

The present study involved the participation of 313 teachers from eight municipalities in the Alentejo region and examined: I) The most common types of parental involvement in schools; II) Activities aiming to involve parents; IV) Barriers to parents involvement; III) Aspects to improve this involvement. The most common practices to involve parents are those of Type 2, 4, 5 and 6; parties are identified as common activities for the involvement of parents; as barriers, their unavailability      to accompany the learner or to communicate with the school; in order to improve parental involvement, projects and activities have been developed to enhance school/family communication.

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Published

2020-05-30

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Dossiê Temático Engajamento Escolar