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Accountability and Parent‐Teacher Communication
Author(s) -
Munn Pamela
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192850110203
Subject(s) - accountability , legislation , perception , psychology , pedagogy , control (management) , public relations , social psychology , political science , sociology , law , computer science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence
This paper considers the usefulness of the information about schools now made statutorily available to parents and its implications for teacher‐parent communication. Drawing on recent research on accountability, it argues that parents are predominantly interested in different kinds of information from that now available and that parents' perception of teachers as experts inhibits them obtaining this information. It suggests that recent legislation has made it more difficult for parents to obtain the information they want by placing parent‐teacher relations in a combative framework and by encouraging teachers to retreat behind a smokescreen of professionalism. It also suggests that the information might be misleading to parents as it implies that a whole range of matters are within schools' control.