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ERIC Number: EJ518704
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Parents and Schools Working Together: A Qualitative Study of Parent-School Collaboration.
Gareau, Marianne; Sawatzky, Don
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v41 n4 p462-73 Dec 1995
In-depth interviews with three educators and two parents at an Alberta elementary school revealed nine themes related to parent-school collaboration: the two worlds of the child, the changing parent-school relationship, and characteristics of collaboration (communication, trust and honesty, positive supportive attitudes, personal connections, equal status, power differences and roles, and schoolwide commitment). Contains 32 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alberta