YAVUZ GÜLER, Çiğdem Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Turkey

FAMILY SCHOOL COLLABORATION: HOW WELL DO WE MANAGE TO PREPARE PRESERVICE TEACHERS TO WORK WITH PARENTS?

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According to the educators and researchers, family involvement positively contributes to the education process of the students in many aspects, initially increasing academic success. Alternatively, it is known that teacher training is the most effective way of eliminating obstacles in front of family involvement in education process and school-family cooperation. Moreover, it is seen that there are not sufficient programmes for training teachers and teacher candidates on the subject. This study features implementations on working with parents and family involvement taking place abroad and researches on the subject. As a compilation study, this study also shares the results of the review on determining whether the stated courses currently exist in teacher undergraduate programmes in our country. Finally, it is discussed that how teacher training should be in order to provide guidance on the programmes to be developed in our country.

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Preservice teachers , Working with parents , Teacher education , School Sfamily collaboration

Celal Bayar University Journal Of Social Sciences

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