“Parents, the Primary Educators” Associating Parents for Partnership with Professional Pedagogues “Roditelji, primarni ucitelji” Povezivanje roditelja za partnerstvo sa profesionalnim pedagogima Johannes Theiner President of the European Parents‘ Association (EPA) SEE-Conference in Bečići April 23 rd , 2010
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“Parents, the Primary Educators”Associating Parents for Partnership
with Professional Pedagogues
“Roditelji, primarni ucitelji”Povezivanje roditelja za partnerstvo
sa profesionalnim pedagogima
“Parents, the Primary Educators”Associating Parents for Partnership
with Professional Pedagogues
“Roditelji, primarni ucitelji”Povezivanje roditelja za partnerstvo
sa profesionalnim pedagogima
Johannes TheinerPresident of the European Parents‘ Association (EPA)
SEE-Conference in BečićiApril 23rd, 2010
EPA -
THE European Parents‘ Association• founded in Milan in 1985 – 25th anniversary• almost 50 member associations • from Iceland to Cyprus, from Malta to Norway• Monopole status at the European Commission as
stakeholder organisation of parents• representing 150 Millions of European citizens• involved in Civil Society/Active European Citizenship• … most concerned about parents in education
Introduction
““super macro level”super macro level”
• Parents‘ rights are nested and positively linked to the child‘s right!
• Parents need to participate in public educationto be informed, asked, involved
• Parents are the primary educators of their children!… at least they have the potential
• Parents need encouragement and support.
demands on family, social and educational policy-making!
Core paradigms of EPA
Becoming and Being Parents?
PRIMARY?o FIRSTo BEST – most impacting
Statistician: “Parents spoil the results of every survey on (public) education.”(International Conference „Improving Education, Dec. 1st 2009)
EPA: ”Don‘t blame good parents for impacting on the learning of their children! Rather help all parents to do so!”
Primary Educators?
Statisticians: „The learning outcome of school students clearly correlates to the socio-economic status of their parents“(Generally accepted finding from PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS …)
EPA: “Don‘t mix-up correlation with causal relation!”
“Don’t simplify parental attitude onto this single evidence of social status!“
Michael Schratz: “Think of learning as the most individual process in life – even more private and special than sexual life, strongly influenced by empathic components (motivation) …”(Seminar for Austrian parents’ representatives, March 2004)
Primary Educators?
Sacker et al.: “Parents’ attitude towards education strongly influences the academic success of their children.” (2002)
Charles Deforges: “All normal parents can perform as superior educators of their children.”
“It is a matter of parental competence. Required knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be trained.” (Lecture at the EPA conference “How Parents can Improve the Learning of their Children”, June 19th, 2009)
Ramon Flecha: “Parents from little educated classes are open to education if approached respectfully”(EUCIS-LLL conference, April 14th, 2010)
Primary Educators?
RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY
EDUCATION – a Complex Processknowledge
attitudeskills
self esteemcompetences
teaching learning?Complex process of interaction
Change and development of educator and educated
LifeLong Learning
Erziehung, Bildung, Aiusbildung …
Erziehung, Bildung, Aiusbildung …
S C H O O L
classroomclassroom
SCHOOL AUTHORITYS
O C
I E
T Y
Participation of School-Partners
• Legal background• Culture/Tradition of interaction- individual relation
- school levelhead teacher – parents – (students) – teachers
- administrative/governmental levelrepresentatives of all groups – civil servants
Example: Austria
• parents associations at most schools• not regulated by school law,
but linked to legal parents’ representation • regional umbrella associations
in the nine federal provinces (“Länder”)• Compulsory Schools• Secondary Schools• Catholic Private Schools
• Federal roof associations formed by the regional associations
interaction with regional authorities
no legal regulation
Example: AustriaCompulsory Schools
• School-Partnership means parents + teachers• Class Forum: 1 parent per child + class teacher• School Forum:
1 parent representative per class1 teacher per classchaired by head teacher (no vote)decisive power, information, advisory rights
• In secondary compulsory schools (“Hauptschule”) pupils’ representatives have to be elected – advisory mandate
Example: AustriaSecondary Schools
• School-Partnership = parents + teachers + students• School Council
(“Schulgemeinschaftsausschuss”): 3 parent representatives3 teacher representatives3 students representatives (aged 14+)chaired by head teacher (no vote)decisive power, information, advisory rights