Journal Articles
Are they ready for home-school partnership? Perspectives of kindergarten principals, teachers and parents
EdLink- Are they ready for home-school partnership? Perspectives of kindergarten principals, teachers and parents
- Children and Youth Services Review, 99, 10-17, 2019
- Pergamon Press
- 2019
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Pre-Primary Education
- This study used interviews with three important groups of stakeholders in kindergartens, namely principals, teachers, and parents, to explore their perspectives on, and practices of, home-school partnership in early childhood education. The participants were six kindergarten principals, 12 teachers, and 12 parents, from six Hong Kong kindergartens. The study reveals that principals, teachers and parents have consistent perceptions of the importance of home-school partnership. They also show a wide range of home-school partnership activities have been implemented, even though the establishment of a parent-teacher association (PTA) is not common. Participants saw time limitations and the parents' lack of knowledge relevant to home-school partnership as the main barriers to its implementation. While strategies have been suggested to tackle time barriers, no strategies were discussed to overcome educators' and parents' worries over parents' lack of competency. The findings suggest that more teacher training should be provided to focus on skills that enable educators to better communicate and work with parents from diverse backgrounds to overcome barriers related to parents' lack of competency perceived by principals and teachers. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 01907409
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/f5db582e
- 2019-06-06
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