A study on family-school cooperation based on an analysis of school documentation

dc.creator	Polovina Nada
dc.creator	Stanišić Jelena
dc.date	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:03Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:03Z
dc.identifier	10.2298/ZIPI0701115P
dc.identifier	0579-6431
dc.identifier	1820-9270
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cdc6647d9a7c4126b3e3eb2232acd24b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17341
dc.description	Family-school cooperation is a very complex process that can be studied at different levels in a number of different ways. This study has covered only some aspects of cooperation between parents and teachers, based on school documentation of a Belgrade elementary school. The study covered analyses of 60 Attendance Registers pertaining to 60 classes with 1289 students from Grade 1 through Grade 8 during an academic year. The unit of analysis included: parents attendance at PTA meetings and individual meetings between parents and teachers. In addition to the frequency of parents’ visits to school, the relationship between such registered parents' visits and overall academic performance, grades in conduct, excused and unexcused absence from classes were also considered. The research findings indicated interference between development factors (attitude change in parent-child relationship and growing-up) and parents’ informal "theory of critical grades" i.e. transitional processes in schooling. The findings confirmed that parents’ individual visits to school were mainly meant to offer an excuse for the student’s absence from school, while attendance at PTA meetings was linked to poor grades in conduct and missed classes (both excused and unexcused). The findings also showed that parents pursued visiting strategies which were pragmatic, less time-consuming and less emotionally draining ones. The closing part refers to discussions on practical use of the study and possible further research. .
dc.language	Serbian
dc.publisher	Institut za pedagoška istraživanja
dc.relation	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2007/0579-64310701115P.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0579-6431
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1820-9270
dc.source	Zbornik Instituta za Pedagoška Istraživanja, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 115-133 (2007)
dc.subject	individual visits
dc.subject	PTA meetings
dc.subject	school documentation
dc.subject	transitions in educational process
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	A study on family-school cooperation based on an analysis of school documentation
dc.type	article