Summary: | 碩士 === 國立花蓮教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 94 === Abstract
This study adopted the method of case study, and the participant was a public kindergarten teacher. The data were collected through documents, telephone interviews, semi-structural in-depth interviews, and reflective journals, in order to understand the teacher’s perspectives and experiences on parent-teacher communication.
The results showed that the communication perspectives of the teacher included three parts:
1. The importance of parent-teacher communication:
(1)proper parent-teacher communication facilitating parents’ participation
(2)providing support to teachers
(3)enhancing the cooperation between parents and teachers
2. Affecting factors of parent-teacher communication:
(1)cognitive differences
(2)personal factors
(3)situational factors
(4)the influence of significant persons
(5)cultural gap
(6)workshops
3. Methods of parent-teacher communication:
(1)telephone interviews
(2)face-to-face meetings
(3)written notices
(4)family visits
(5)parent-teacher activities
The experiences of the subject teacher on parent-teacher communication:
1. Communication related to children:
(1)interpersonal relationship of the children
(2)special behaviors of the children
(3)children rejecting kindergarten
(4)special events
(5)children’s ability of taking care themselves
(6)moral education
2. Communication related to teaching:
(1)phonetics teaching
(2)theme teaching
(3)talent teaching
3. Communication related to parents:
(1)parent-teacher meetings
(2)parent-teacher reading club
(3)Sunflower drama group
(4)family get-together
(5)release of safety agreement
(6)parent participation
The subject teacher believed that when facing difficulties in parent-teacher communication, teachers should deal with the problems and play an active role.
Keywords: kindergarten teacher, parent-teacher communication, perspectives and experiences, case study
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