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ERIC Number: EJ586835
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
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Meetings without Communication: A Study of Parents' Evenings in Secondary Schools.
Walker, Barbara M.
British Educational Research Journal, v24 n2 p163-78 Apr 1998
Reports on an ethnographic study of parents' evenings at British secondary schools as seen from the perspectives of all involved. Collects data from in-depth interviews with staff, parents, and students, and by observation. Indicates that meetings are unique interactional events that create problematic interface between the power bases of home and school. (DSK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Interviews, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Conferences, Power Structure, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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