PARENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS COOPERATION WITH TEACHERS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC

Abstract

The aim of this article was to determine and consider the attitudes of parents towards cooperation with teachers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. The sample included 110 parents of primary school students from the territory of the Republic of Serbia. We used a descriptive-analytical method. We also used surveying and scaling techniques, and we created a special instrument based on tangential literature for the purposes of this research. The research was conducted electronically, and the data was processed in the SPSS program. The obtained results show that mothers cooperated with teachers more often than fathers, and that the most common forms of cooperation were telephone conversations, and messaging via mobile applications. Unlike fathers, mothers believe that frequent cooperation is very important during the process of children’s formal education. The obstacles to cooperation during the pandemic cited by parents are: the impossibility of visiting schools and teachers; the lack of face-to-face communication, as well as the lack of advisory conversations with the teacher; the lack of adequate technological equipment and appropriate applications mediating the communication between parents and teachers; and insufficiently developed technological skills. The findings of this empirical research can motivate scholars to embark on future research that could more thoroughly consider the different forms of cooperation and communication between parents and teachers during unstable circumstances and conditions.