Psicologia em Pesquisa
On-line version ISSN 1982-1247
Abstract
SANTANA, Maria Raquel Rodrigues; JUSTINO, David and ALMEIDA, Sílvia de. Parental Involvement in School: Teachers' Perspective. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.1, pp.1-17. ISSN 1982-1247. https://doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2020.v14.27418.
The present study involved the participation of 313 teachers from eight municipalities in the Alentejo region and examined: I) The most common types of parental involvement in schools; II) Activities aiming to involve parents; III) Barriers to parents involvement; IV) Aspects to improve this involvement. The most common practices to involve parents are those of Type 2, 4, 5 and 6; parties are identified as common activities for the involvement of parents; as barriers, their unavailability to accompany the learner or to communicate with the school; in order to improve parental involvement, projects and activities have been developed to enhance school/family communication.
Keywords : School [family]; relationship; Practices of parental involvement in schools; Teachers representation.