The Language Teachers' Perspective on Parental Involvement: A Focus on Primary State Schools in Greece

Autor/inn/en	Giannikas, Christina Nicole; Nikitaki, Stavroula
Titel	The Language Teachers' Perspective on Parental Involvement: A Focus on Primary State Schools in Greece
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 32 (2022) 2, S.229-248 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Participation; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Parent Attitudes; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Expectation; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Elternverhalten; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Griechenland
Abstract	The research literature has shown that teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards parental engagement have an influence on sustaining parents' balanced involvement in education. This current study aims to raise awareness of the issue within the Greek primary English Language Teaching context and provides suggestions on how balanced and effective parental involvement can be achieved. In this study the authors conceptualized teachers' perspective of parental involvement in state school language education as a multidimensional construct and examined the association of these elements with teachers' attitude and confidence regarding their profession. Online surveys were distributed to primary state school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. The surveys contained 27 questions and addressed several topics, such as background information, parents' attitude towards EFL from the teachers' perspective, teachers' collaboration with the parents, and their expectations of the parents. This article attempts to shed light on the significant issue of parental involvement by examining the language teachers' perspective and offering suggestions for further studies in this underresearched area of language education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01