Parent Empowerment and Teacher Professionalism: Teachers' Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Addi-Raccah, Audrey; Arviv-Elyashiv, Rinate
Titel	Parent Empowerment and Teacher Professionalism: Teachers' Perspective
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 43 (2008) 3, S.394-415 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085907305037
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Parent Participation; International Relations; Teaching Skills; Power Structure; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parents; Empowerment; Interviews; Advantaged; Urban Schools; Elementary Schools; Trust (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Elternmitwirkung; Internationale Beziehungen; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Lehrerverhalten; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Eltern; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule
Abstract	School decentralization, which has reshaped power relations in the educational system, has empowered teachers and parents. Taking Abbott's approach to professions, the authors examine teachers' perceptions of the implications of parents' empowerment for teacher--parent relations. In-depth interviews with homeroom teachers in affluent urban elementary schools revealed that teachers favored parents' involvement but also felt vulnerable to the increasing influence of parents, who scrutinized their work and encroached on their professional domain. To counter this, teachers employed political means: open communication and transparency to boost parents' confidence and trust in their teaching skills or diplomacy to avoid conflicts. This study suggests that, at times of school reform, teachers should develop political tasks to preserve their control over their profession. (Contains 3 notes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10