PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND PARENTS
Authors: Lj. Minic Vesna 
Published: December 2021

When speaking about the quality and success of teaching in the early primary school grades, it should be noted that they depend on many factors. The key factor that numerous theoreticians and practitioners focus on is the collaboration between teachers and parents, which is separated in this paper from the broader context of school and family collaboration, since it has its own historical dimension. Modern times and social development have led to a crisis in collaboration between teachers and parents, because communication, which is the basis of their relationship, has been disrupted. Communication most often defines the relationship between parents and teachers, which further reflects on the child’s relationship towards the teacher and the school in general. For this reason, both parties in this communication process must be aware of the importance of good communication and the good interpersonal relationships, since their relationship is the basis for proper child development, primarily social. In the process of upbringing and education, family is not sufficiently qualified to solve numerous and varied issues that children are faced with at school. Therefore, family needs help from the school as an institution and from its professional staff. On the other hand, school cannot know all the details and characteristics of each child’s family, so it cannot evaluate the family situation and circumstances. Coordinated activities of these two parties is the solution that gives the best results. Modern practice has shown that family and school are interested in collaboration, and that they always have great expectations from it. Parents expect support from school when it comes to their own children’s upbringing, while school always expects active support from parents in order for it to fulfill all its obligations and ensure the conditions for the overall development of every child, which is its main goal. Teacher is the person who initiates collaboration with parents, he is a planner, programmer, coordinator, organizer of this collaboration, and parentshave to accept it and participate in all the activities offered at school. There are three types of collaboration between teachers and parents: individual, group and collective collaboration. The individual type of collaboration is a very convenient type of cooperation between the parents and one expert, where all the relevant information about the student is presented and there is as much time as necessary for both parties to discuss. Group collaboration happens with a group of parents, and this type of activity differs from the individual because it follows only when a certain educational situation is analyzed. The collective collaboration includes all parents of children attending aschool class. The advantage of this type of collaboration is the fact that it presents all the relevant information to all the parents, after which conclusions are made and solutions are identified. This topic is important due to the fact that successful communication between parents and teachers is invaluable for the successful development of children’s personality, therefore, the goal of this paper is to analyze the pedagogical aspects of their collaboration.