Parents and Schools (1993) - Customers, Managers Or Partners?

Published in 1993, this book explores the rights that parents have been given over their children's schooling. Parents now have the right to choose the school their children will attend and to be involved with school management. These rights and roles for parents as customers and managers are intended to make schools more responsive to parental concerns and to improve school quality. This book considers these new roles of parents, how they affect traditional notions of home-school partnerships, and the effect on schools. It will appeal to those interested in home-school relations, in educational governance, and in comparing British policy in these areas with that of Europe.

List of contents

1. Introduction, Munn. 2. Parental Rights in Schooling, Jonathan. 3. Preconceptions about Parents in Education: Will Europe Change Us? Macbeth. 4. Parental Choice and the Enhancement of Children’s Interests, Adler. 5. Parents as School Governors, Golby. 6. Parents as School Board Members: School Managers and Friends? Munn. 7. Parents as Partners: Genuine Progress or Empty Rhetoric? Bastiani. 8. Home-School Relations: A Perspective from Special Education, Hegarty. 9. Ethnic Minorities: Involved Partners or Problem Parents? Tomlinson. 10. Parents and Schools: What Role for Education Authorities? Raab. 11. Conclusion, Munn.

About the author

Pamela Munn

Summary

Published in 1993, this book explores the rights that parents have been given over their children’s schooling. Parents now have the right to choose the school their children will attend and to be involved with school management. These rights and roles for parents as customers and managers are intended to make schools more responsive to parental concerns and to improve school quality. This book considers these new roles of parents, how they affect traditional notions of home-school partnerships, and the effect on schools. It will appeal to those interested in home-school relations, in educational governance, and in comparing British policy in these areas with that of Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Munn
• Assisted by: Pamela Munn (Editor), Munn Pamela (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780815379683
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7968-3
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Moral and social purpose of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Moral & social purpose of education