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Parent-Teacher Relationships in School Micropolitics: Beginning Teachers' Stories
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Uitto, Minna; Jokikokko, Katri; Lassila, Erkki T.; Kelchtermans, Geert; Estola, Eila – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
The article discusses parent-teacher relationships in school micropolitics based on beginning teachers' stories. We employ a narrative approach and investigate how micropolitical conditions and strategies are portrayed in beginning teachers' stories of parent-teacher relationships. The research material consists of narrative interviews with seven…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents, Elementary School Teachers, Personal Narratives
Coping with Emotionally Challenging Expectations: Japanese Beginning Teachers and Their Relationships with Students' Parents'
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Lassila, Erkki T.; Estola, Eila; Kelchtermans, Geert; Uitto, Minna – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
This article examines emotionally challenging expectations in the relationships beginning teachers have with students' parents. The data consist of narrative interviews with 17 Japanese beginning teachers. Due to strong cultural and social norms prescribing appropriate social interactions, Japanese teachers have little leeway in negotiating…
Descriptors: Coping, Expectation, Emotional Experience, Beginning Teachers