Educators' rhetorical skills are pivotal in virtual collaboration between teachers and parents, enhancing communication clarity and overcoming cultural barriers, thereby enriching educational experience and fostering intercultural understanding. A review of scientific databases such as Academic Search Complete, ERIC, SCOPUS, and Web of Science,…

This article discusses the increase in attacks on US educators in recent years. It shows how the movement about parental rights in schools has spawned a belief by some people, largely on the political Right, that what they want for their children is the most important thing. As such, some parents are outraged that schools teach certain curricula,…

Despite the importance of caregiver involvement in special education, research examining school-home communication among families of children with autism has only begun to emerge in recent years. Further, it is unclear how caregivers of children with autism perceive the impact of the different dimensions of communication on family-professional…

Effective communication between parents and teachers results in numerous benefits for all participants in the communication process and, consequently, for the child. The aim of the research was to determine the perceptions of parents and teachers about what constitutes effective communication. For this purpose, 156 primary school teachers and 163…

The aim of the present study is to investigate the perspectives of this parent group and their experiences of the home-school collaboration. Interviews with five Arabic-speaking parents have been analysed to identify processes and mechanisms they have experienced in the collaboration with schools. Three main themes emerged from the analysis: a)…

Parental involvement in the elite former Model C schools (Whites-only schools) in the Tshwane South District, South Africa, is a persistent challenge to attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4, focusing on quality education. Research on parental involvement in South Africa has mainly focused on public schools, not former…

Teachers experience verbal and physical aggression from a variety of aggressors in schools worldwide. However, most school violence and aggression research is focused on students, with few empirical studies examining teacher aggression from parent offenders. This study investigated the school ecology associated with teachers' experiences of…

This article examines how teachers' social-media based relationship with parents shapes the way they feel about themselves as a teacher. Based on 11 Chinese teachers' experience of using WeChat (the dominant social media application in China) in their relationship with parents, the analysis shows that social media enable teachers to have prolonged…

We examined parent-teacher relationships in international schools in Cyprus, using semi-structured interviews to capture the thoughts and perspectives of teachers and mothers. The study adds to the literature on parent-teacher relationships by employing [Goodall, J., and C. Montgomery. 2014. "Parental Involvement to Parental Engagement: A…

Emotional labour is the process by which employees regulate emotions to manage their expressions in accordance with their professional role. Early childhood educators' emotional labour is relatively under-explored and unacknowledged, with understandings about the wellbeing implications of such work limited. This paper reports findings from a study…

End-of-year celebrations and holiday performances can be a tremendous source of joy and accomplishment for a dance studio or school dance program. It can also be a source of anxiety for students, teachers, and families navigating time pressures and expectations. The author provides some guidelines for moving through the holiday season with a…

The current study reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of the Getting Ready parent-engagement intervention on expressive language skills of children (N = 267) with developmental concerns upon entry into preschool. Latent growth for expressive language and moderating roles of parental stress and parental…

Upon preschool enrollment, the child-teacher relationship becomes important for the child's continued development. We suggest that parents may be essential in supporting the establishment of such relationships from the first weeks of the child's preschool enrollment, the so-called "introduction process". Recent data indicates that Nordic…

Attempts to raise the emergent literacy of "at-risk" children have prompted programs to teach caregivers how to implement school-like reading and writing activities at home. As an alternative to these programs, which often overlooked families' funds of knowledge, critics have encouraged literacy educators (e.g., teachers, literacy…

This study examines how parents' perceived value influences the parent-teacher relationship in Taiwanese preschools, with service quality and social media use serving as mediating factors. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted, and data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to test both the…