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Tholander, Michael – Children & Society, 2011
School conferences, in which teachers meet with parents and students, have long been criticised for being an undemocratic practice. Traditionally, such conferences have been organised and governed by the teacher. However, in recent years, student-led conferences have become more common in Swedish schools. The present article focuses on eight such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Teacher Conferences, Grade 6, Student Participation
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Markstrom, Ann-Marie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2010
This article highlights the parent-teacher conferences in the Swedish preschool and the talk about children's inappropriate and undesirable behaviour in a preschool setting. The focus of the article concerns how teachers talk about children's resistance to the social order in preschool and especially how children show resistance to teachers. The…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior
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Markstrom, Ann-Marie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
This article explores the construction of parent-teacher conferences in the Swedish preschool and focuses on processes that construct and maintain these meetings. The analysis draws upon an ethnographic study in two preschools and the empirical material consists of 11 audiotaped parent-teacher conferences and observations of everyday activities…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Ethnography, Parent School Relationship, Preschool Education