Socio-Cultural Strategy

Socio-Cultural Strategy

Designing the model of effective interaction between family and school with the strategic role of parents and teachers association in line with paragraph 11 of general family policies (case study: Tehran city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Behrad Manafi 1
Bagher Sarookhani 2
Hosein Aghajani Marsa 3
1 PhD student in sociology of social issues of Iran, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Responsible Author)
3 Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/scs.2024.447474.1552
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to design an effective model of interaction between family and school with the strategic role of parents and teachers association with a mixed research method. By theoretical sampling, 53 managers and parents of association members were selected and interviewed. Data was analyzed with MAXQDA software, and a conceptual model was designed. Then, by selecting 477 people using the probability sampling method, their answers to the online questionnaire were analyzed with the SMART-PLS software. the fit of the model was confirmed using the structural equation modeling method.
Results: the attitude and motivation of the school principal and parents, cultural, social and economic issues are effective on the role of the association in more efficient management and solving school problems, adjusting the expectations of families from the school and improving the relationship between parents and teachers. Communication and inviting parents to the ceremony, family education, important Cultivating the importance of association and interaction, reporting programs and financial performance of the school to families, trust building, targeted meetings with specialized working groups, appreciation of association members, leads to the Achieving the educational goals, increases the knowledge of the student and the socio-economic capital of the school. School conditions and performance, the inconsistency and the individual goals of the parents, formality association, executive power of the association, the dual policy of the government in Receiving financial aid from parents, the job conditions of the parents, mutual cooperation, being private or governmental school, have an influence on this process.
Keywords
Interaction
family and school
Association of parents and teachers
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Socio-Cultural Strategy
Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 53
Summer 2024
Pages 1075-1120

  • Receive Date 08 March 2024
  • Revise Date 08 April 2024
  • Accept Date 18 April 2024