ERIC Number: EJ1370235
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-308X
EISSN: EISSN-1059-308X
The Language Teachers' Perspective on Parental Involvement: A Focus on Primary State Schools in Greece
Giannikas, Christina Nicole; Nikitaki, Stavroula
School Community Journal, v32 n2 p229-248 2022
The research literature has shown that teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards parental engagement have an influence on sustaining parents' balanced involvement in education. This current study aims to raise awareness of the issue within the Greek primary English Language Teaching context and provides suggestions on how balanced and effective parental involvement can be achieved. In this study the authors conceptualized teachers' perspective of parental involvement in state school language education as a multidimensional construct and examined the association of these elements with teachers' attitude and confidence regarding their profession. Online surveys were distributed to primary state school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. The surveys contained 27 questions and addressed several topics, such as background information, parents' attitude towards EFL from the teachers' perspective, teachers' collaboration with the parents, and their expectations of the parents. This article attempts to shed light on the significant issue of parental involvement by examining the language teachers' perspective and offering suggestions for further studies in this underresearched area of language education.
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Participation, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Expectation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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