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Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132117 Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic Daniels, Chanel Dreyer, L. M. Blaauw, Chanel Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Educational Psychology. Parent-teacher relationships Education -- Parent participation Teachers -- Attitudes COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 -- Education Distance education -- Parent participation Education, Primary -- Curricula UCTD Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Daniels, C. 2025. Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/464a866e-07b8-4058-aca0-6f52978350d0 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African school system is plagued with various challenges. Some of these challenges include not being able to compete with international learner achievement standards. One of the ways to increase learner achievement is parental involvement in the education of children. However, teachers are not trained on how to effectively involve parents. South African studies further showed that teachers view parents as uninvolved. These factors influence how teachers relate to parents and in turn how they communicate with parents. The COVID-19 pandemic created an opportunity for teachers to explore different ways of communicating with parents. For this study, 11 teachers were purposively selected to be part of the study. Four teachers participated in individual interviews. Seven teachers formed part of the focus group discussion The criteria to be included in the study were as follows: Teachers that have taught intermediate phase during 2020 in a community where most of the parents connected to the school live in a low socio-economic status. Teachers must have prepared educational activities for learners during the COVID-19 pandemic that had to be completed at home. Teacher must have attempted to reach out to parents in new innovative ways that was not used prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. My data analysis revealed four themes: notions teachers had about parents prior to the pandemic were challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers purposefully implemented activities during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure communication with parents, the pandemic changed parent teacher communication, and this occurred despite the various challenges teachers experienced during the pandemic. According to the findings, teachers in the study, changed their view of parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also explored communication platforms that allowed parents to have direct, instant communication with them. These communication platforms established during the pandemic is still used at these school, although its 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic. This change in parent teacher relations showed that there is a need amongst teachers to be trained on more effective parent involvement strategies. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse skoolsisteem word gekonfronteer met verskeie uitdagings. Onder andere, leerderprestasie kan nie kompeteer met internasionale standaarde nie. Een van die maniere wat die literatuur identifiseer om leerderprestatsie te verbeter is om ouers meer te betrek by die opvoeding van hul kinders. Die literatuur wys dat onderwysers nie opgelei is om ouers effektief te betrek by die opvoeding van leerders nie. Verder wys Suid-Afrikaanse studies dat onderwysers sien ouers, veral dié van ‘n lae sosio-ekonomiese agtergrond, as onbetrokke by die opvoeding van leerders. Die COVID-19 pandemie het die geleentheid geskep vir onderwysers en ouers om hul verhouding te herevalueer. Vir hierdie studie is 11 onderwysers genader om deel te vorm van die studie. Vier van die onderwysers wat deelgeneem het, was individuele onderhoude mee gehou en sewe het deel gevorm van ‘n fokus groep bespreking. Die kriteria om deel te wees van die studie het die volgende ingesluit: Onderwysers moet gedurende 2020 ‘n intermediêre onderwyser gewees het, in ‘n skool waar meeste ouers van ‘n lae sosio-ekonomiese agtergrond was; onderwysers moes ook opvoedkundige take wat tuis voltooi moes word beskikbaar gemaak het aan ouers gedurende die COVID-19 pandemie in 2020; en onderwysers moes ‘n poging aangewend het om met die ouers van die leerders in hul klas te kommunikeer. Die data analise van die studie het die volgende 4 temas uitgelig: Die persepsie wat onderwysers van ouers gehad het voor die COVID-19 pandemie was uitgedaag gedurende die pandemie, onderwysers het ouers toegelaat om direk te kommunikeer met hulle gedurende die COVID-19 pandemie (veral toe skole gesluit was), die COVID-19 pandemie het ook onderwysers toegelaat om ander kommunikasie platforms te verken. Al hierdie veranderinge het plaasgevind gedurende ‘n tydperk waar onderwysers gekonfronteer was met verskeie uitdagings. Hierdie veranderinge wat onderwysers ondergaan het ten opsigte van hoe hulle met ouers omgaan wys dat onderwysers gereed is vir opleiding oor hoe om ouers meer effektief te betrek by die opvoeding van leerders. Masters 2025-05-26T06:25:42Z 2025-05-26T06:25:42Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132117 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 93 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
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| title | Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| title_short | Exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | exploring teacher experiences with involving parents in the educational activities of their children during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Parent-teacher relationships Education -- Parent participation Teachers -- Attitudes COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 -- Education Distance education -- Parent participation Education, Primary -- Curricula UCTD |
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