The emotional geographies of parent participation in schooling: Headteachers? perceptions in Taiwan

Hsin-Jen Chen () and Ya-Hsuan Wang ()
Additional contact information
Hsin-Jen Chen: National Chung Cheng University
Ya-Hsuan Wang: National Chung Cheng University

No 2704330, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: This article attempts to use Andy Hargreaves? theoretical framework of emotional geographies to analyze headteachers? perceptions of their interactions with parents in Taiwan. Emotional geographies could be portrayed into emotional distance whereby interpersonal relationships are either closer or distant. The study interviewed 6 primary headteachers whose perceptions of their interactions with parents which could be closer or distant through the lens of emotional geographies. Based on the qualitative interviews with primary headteachers, the research findings show that headteachers? emotional distances from parents were intertwined with parents? sociocultural status, headteachers? moral purposes, headteachers? notions of professionalism, headteachers? political pretense, and the frequency to contact parents. Thus, Hargreaves? framework could be a useful tool to explore headteacher-parent interactions. The paper closes with suggestions for policy considerations.

Keywords: Emotional geographies; Emotional politics; Classical professionalism; Moral purpose; Headteacher-parent relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2015-09
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 18th International Academic Conference, London, Sep 2015, pages 132-132

Downloads: (external link)
https://iises.net/proceedings/18th-international-a ... =27&iid=027&rid=4330 First version, 2015

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sek:iacpro:2704330

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Klara Cermakova ().