Famiglie, parental engagement e dispersione scolastica nella percezione degli insegnanti della secondaria di primo grado. Ricerca-Formazione nel contesto italiano

Abstract

Over the last few decades, family engagement in school life has become increasingly important in educational, psychological and social contexts, emerging as a key factor in students' school success and well-being. Teachers, as central figures in school education processes, play a crucial role in promoting parental participation in their children's in their children’s learning paths, facilitating the construction of meaningful educational alliances. Understanding how teachers perceive families and their engagement is, therefore, an essential step for developing strategies aimed at promoting educational partnerships with families, especially in contexts at higher risk of school dropout. This paper proposes an examination of teachers' perceptions of families - with particular reference to parental engagement - both in the light of relevant studies and through the analysis of a portion the data corpus collected and produced as part of a national research-training (R-T) project carried out in some secondary schools located in different Italian regions.