School and Community discusses a research project that surveys the role of the school in the community as seen by students and their parents and community agencies. It identifies several factors that influence the conceptions and attitudes of students and parents towards education and in particular, the efficacy of contact and communication between schools and parents.
This book begins by describing the two schools that participated in the survey and identifying the survey methods that were carried out to collect information. After presenting data on parents' occupations and work ambitions of the students, it discusses the implications of contact and communication between parents and school. Finally, this book investigates the views of community agencies concerning the schools' interaction with them.
Teachers who are confronted with problems of communication with parents and community agencies will find this text useful.
Inhalt
Chapter 1. Aims and Objects
Chapter 2. Area of Study: Locality
Schools
Survey Methods
Chapter 3. Pupils and Their Parents: Home Backgrounds
Ability and Attainment
Work Ambitions
Chapter 4. Attitudes to School: General Public
Parents
Teachers
Pupils
Chapter 5. Communications and Contact: Parents and School
Implications of Contact
The Report Card
Failure in Communication and Contact
Chapter 6. Two Hundred Boys: Health and Well-Being
Interests and Activities
Loyalty and Admired Attributes
Chapter 7. Groups of Boys: Delinquents and Non-Delinquents
Good and Bad Attenders in the Middle Stream
Achievers and Non-Achievers
Leavers and Non-Leavers from Certificate Courses
Chapter 8. Social Agencies: Contact with Agencies
Welfare
School Attendance
Behavior Control
Occupations
Vocational Guidance
Records and Reports
Chapter 9. Salient Points
Appendix: Diary of Events
Bibliography