Parents at School – Exposing the Myths

Abstract

This article attempts to expose the fiction in the area of home and school cooperation and to single out selected fictitious activities. This is accomplished based on the analysis of educational documents that create the official pedagogical discourse as well as on the analysis of documents (statutes, regulations) from randomly selected primary and secondary schools. This leads to elaborating seven selected myths of how the modern education system functions, which support the false impression that it is allegedly possible, under the current legal frame¬work, to manage effective cooperation of between the school and the children’s home. The aim of the article is to contribute to the reflection on the deeper mechanisms of these particular kinds of "powerful fictions" in the modern education system.

Keywords

• mity w edukacji
• działania pozorne
• iluzja współpracy w edukacji
• prawo oświatowe