Preparing teachers for parent engagement: role of teacher educators in Canada

Antony-Newman, M. (2024) Preparing teachers for parent engagement: role of teacher educators in Canada. Educational Review, (doi: 10.1080/00131911.2024.2324154) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

Parent engagement has long been considered important for students’ academic achievement and well-being. To ensure strength-based parent engagement, it is important for teachers to be prepared to work with parents. This study reports findings from interviews with Canadian teacher educators to better understand their role in preparing teachers for parent engagement. Teacher educators consider readiness for parent engagement a vital competence for teachers but find it difficult to secure a permanent place for parent engagement in the curriculum. Recommendations include the integrated parent engagement framework centred around a parent engagement policy and parent engagement requirements for teacher education programmes and teacher certification.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Education policy, parent engagement, teacher beliefs, teacher education.
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Antony-Newman, Dr Max
• Authors: Antony-Newman, M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Journal Name: Educational Review
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0013-1911
• ISSN (Online): 1465-3397
• Published Online: 07 March 2024
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2024 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Educational Review 2024
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence