Parent Perceptions of a "Reggio Emilia"-inspired Middle School

Autor/in	Hesterman, Sandra
Titel	Parent Perceptions of a "Reggio Emilia"-inspired Middle School
Quelle	In: Education and Society, 33 (2015) 1, S.77-96 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0726-2655
DOI	10.7459/es/33.1.05
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Reggio Emilia Approach; Middle School Students; Foreign Countries; Parents; Personal Narratives; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Well Being; Middle Schools; Parent Participation; Middle School Teachers; Semi Structured Interviews; Early Adolescents; Mainstreaming; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Reggio-Pädagogik; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Eltern; Erlebniserzählung; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Elternmitwirkung; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Australien
Abstract	Middle school students with well-developed social and emotional skills find it easier to relate to others, develop a sense of self-worth, and feel positive about themselves and the world around them. Development of these skills depends on the quality of the home and school environment--the available parental and teacher support--and positive interaction with these support sources. This research study explored parent perceptions of a "Reggio Emilia"-inspired middle school programme at a Western Australian independent community school. The school promotes a "pedagogy of listening" to ensure democratic dialogue between parents and teachers. The parent narrative accounts presented in this paper highlight the urgency to provide an alternative model of middle school to safeguard children's well-being and positive school engagement. Findings show that a "Reggio Emilia"-inspired middle school can nurture individual students' personal and emotional capabilities to the satisfaction of their parents and in ways that mainstream schools could not. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01