Towards a psychological model of teacher-parent communication in Hong Kong primary schools

Towards a psychological model of teacher-parent communication in Hong Kong primary schools

• Pang, I Wah Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Watkins, David University of Hong Kong

Educational Studies, 26(2), 141-163, 2000

Routledge

2000

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship

Communication (Thought Transfer) Elementary Education Foreign Countries Models Parent Participation Parent Teacher Cooperation Questionnaires Teacher Attitudes Teacher Behavior Teacher Role Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Teacher attitudes and practices are considered as essential in fostering parental involvement in school education. In Hong Kong, amongst possible types of home–school links, teacher–parent communication about children's learning has been agreed to be the primary concern of both schools and parents. This paper reports a test of a psychological model of teacher–parent communication in Hong Kong primary schools. The model has taken into account the theory of planned behavior, self-efficacy theory, expectancy theory and theories of family–school relations. Scales for measuring the criterion and predictor variables have been developed. Variables that associated with teacher communication intention and practices were identified and path analyses linking the variables in a conceptual model were conducted. Results show that teacher commitment and teacher efficacy in working with parents have significant predictive power for teacher intention. Teacher intention, together with teacher commitment, has predictive power for teacher's time spent in communicating with parents. Relationships between individual teacher beliefs and the criterion variables are also described and discussed.
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• English

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• 03055698

• 10.1080/03055690050022661

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2010-09-27