Information and Communication Technologies in school-family communication and parental involvement in children’s schooling: data from a research
Alessandra Gigli
The work presents a research aimed at knowing the point of view of Italian parents on the potential role of ICT in communication school family. In particular, the 302 parents (sample at national level) answered a survey with questions on: ICT provided by schools; perception of the willingness of teachers to communicate with families; needs of parents to improve their relationship with teachers. The results show that most parents consider teachers very willing to communicate. It is confirmed that a positive school relationship is based on effective communication; however, the majority expresses the opinion that it cannot replace face-to-face interactions, even if parents consider ICT to be useful for obtaining information.
Keywords
Information and Communication Technologies, School-family communication, parents-teachers cooperation.
