A theoretical approach to family-school communication: Strategies for improvement
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15257/ehquidad.2018.0010Keywords:
Parent school relationship, Communication strategies, Elementary education, Educational improvementAbstract
The effective communication between parents and teachers is essential to foster an understanding between both agents and to ensure greater educational success. This article presents, following the structure of the 6W of journalism (what, who, where, how, when and why), the concepts and ideas that must be placed in the structural core of family-school communication. Specifically, the aim of this paper is to show the essential strategic guidelines that schools should follow for optimizing their communication with families and to provide teachers with the necessary tools to design a communication plan according to their characteristics and necessities.Downloads
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