Parental Engagement in Children's Learning: A Holistic Approach to Teacher-Parents' Partnerships

Cristiana Levinthal and Elina Kuusisto

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Abstract: This study presents the standpoint of parental engagement, conceptualized by Janet Goodall and collaborators, as a framework that is coherent to the principles of the holistic approach of pedagogy to teacher-parents' partnerships. We bring forward the evolution of the concept of parental engagement and its main standpoints, in relation to more traditional theories on parental involvement. We also discuss previous findings about teachers' and parents' roles in education and teacher-parents' partnerships, as well as how do changes in educational paradigms challenge home-school collaboration. Finally, the article highlights the need to implement research-based parental engagement practices in educational systems around the world.

Keywords: parental engagement; parental involvement; teacher-parents partnership; teacher-parents dialog; home-school collaboration; holistic education; children's learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89841

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