Responsibility in Home–School Relations — Finnish Parents' Views |
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| Authors: | Marja Leena Böök Satu Perälä‐Littunen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Education, University of Jyv?skyl?, Jyv?skyl?, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Finnish parents' views on responsibility in the home–school relations were explored. Responsibility was here understood as responsibility over education and upbringing. The data consist of semi‐structured interviews with 24 mothers and four fathers. In the home–school discourses, parents and teachers were often referred to as partners, and active parental involvement in school life was seen as a key to children's success. However, in some discourses teachers and parents were seen as polar opposites, e.g. teachers as experts — parents as laymen. Few references were made to children's responsibility. |
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| Keywords: | home– school relations parental responsibility qualitative research school's responsibility teachers' responsibility |
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