Parents in the classroom: schools must now cope with mums & dads who make their presence felt

Authors
Celine Chen Xueli, Lai Yee San Tami & Liao Xiangjun

Supervisor
Ms Hedwig Alfred

Year
2014

Abstract

Parents are now more curious about school matters, and schools have had to adapt to the needs and wants of this generation of parents. This means educators spend more time engaging and reaching out to parents on top of an already-heavy workload. This journalism feature looks beyond the common labels attached to parents’ behaviour, such as “competitive”, “kiasu” and “kancheong”, to examine what exactly about the education landscape of today is driving their actions, and how it is manifesting in schools.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59910