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PARENTВ’S VIEW ON COOPERATION AS PART OF SCHOOL CULTURE

Vesnica Mlinarevic, R. Tokic

Abstract

Parents are the first and most important educators of their children. In order for children to succeed in school and later in life, parent- school cooperation is vital. Parent-school co-operation is also an indicator of the quality of school and teacherВ’s work. In high quality relationship between parents and school, co-operation is seen in socialization and respect for cultural differences among families, and therefore it offers different perspectives for creating positive school culture. All abovementioned requires time and patience, two-way communication and quality school management. The aim of this research is to assess parentsВ’ attitudes towards school culture, which is divided into three parts: school management and relationships in school; educational work and support to learners, and attitudes toward teachers. Participants of the research were parents of lower school age learners from four urban primary schools in Croatia. The results have shown that parents consider school culture positive, but they still have a passive role in co-operation with teachers. Parent-school cooperation is a complex process in the school culture, which depends on a number of circumstances.

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