Pannon Egyetem

 

 

School-family relations are studied by several disciplines - sociology, psychology, and ethnography - focusing on different aspects of the subject. In our mixed research method study, we sought to explore the views of heads of institutions on school-family relations, the difficulties of interacting with parents, and the good practices that work. Our research results show that the majority of heads of institutions would like to increase parental involvement in school, primarily to improve student achievement. The main barriers to engagement were identified as factors outside the school, such as lack of parental cooperation, lack of attention, families' values and norms different from those of the school, and parents' lack of time and energy. In addition, nearly half of the head teachers indicated that they lacked reliable tools and methods to involve parents.