Abstract

SILVEIRA, Luiza Maria de Oliveira Braga  and  WAGNER, Adriana. Family-school relationship: parents and teacher’s educative practices. Psicol. esc. educ. [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp.283-291. ISSN 1413-8557.

This article aims to analyze the family-school relationship and its continuity and discontinuity towards child behavior problems. We investigate the perception and use of child-rearing practices by parents and teachers, within both contexts. We also investigate whether there were some planned joint activities towards child behavior problems. Four parents and four teachers from Porto Alegre private schools have participated in this study by answering two interviews. These interviews were analyzed according to their content. The results indicated heterogeneity in the parents’ educative practices, distinct levels of knowledge about educative practices among the participant subjects. They reveal a clear boundary between family and school. It was identified the supremacy of teacher´s knowledge over parents´ knowledge. This was reinforced by the fact that joint activities focused on the family orientation by the school. The results were discussed and we proposed alternatives to a family-school integrative intervention towards child behavior problems.

Keywords : Parent-school relationship; Child-rearing practices; Problem children.

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