?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Parent-teacher+engagement+%3A+a+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+approach&rft.creator=Willis%2C+Linda-Dianne&rft.subject=agency%2Fpassivity%2C+agency%2Fstructure%2C+capitals%2C+cogenerative+dialoguing%2C+coteaching%2C+dialectic%2C+engagement%2C+fields%2C+habitus%2C+individual%2Fcollective%2C+margin%2Fcentre%2C+parents%2C+parent-teacher+relationships%2C+secondary+school&rft.description=The+accumulated+evidence+from+more+than+four+decades+of+education+research+strongly+suggests+that+parent+involvement+in+schools+carries+significant+benefits+for+students+as+well+as+for+the+success+of+schools+(e.g.%2C+Henderson+%26+Mapp%2C+2002).+Governments+in+Australia+and+overseas+have+supported+parent+involvement+in+schools+with+a+range+of+initiatives+while+parent+groups+have+indicated+a+strong+desire+for+expanded+school+roles+that+include+participation+in+formal+educational+processes+namely+curriculum%2C+pedagogy%2C+and+assessment.+Research+has+also+signalled+the+need+for+teachers+to+engage+parents+rather+than+adopt+traditional+parent-school+involvement+practices+so+that+parents+can+participate+as+joint+educators+in+their+children's+schooling+alongside+teachers+(Pushor%2C+2001).+Actually+improving+the+quality+of+contact+and+relationships+between+parents+and+teachers+to+enable+engagement+however+remains+problematic.%0D%0A%0D%0ACoteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+originally+emerged+as+an+innovative+approach+in+the+context+of+teaching+secondary+school+science.+Coteaching+brings+together+the+collective+expertise+of+several+individuals+to+expand+learning+opportunities+for+students+while+cogenerative+dialogues+refer+to+sessions+in+which+participants+talk%2C+listen%2C+and+learn+from+one+another+about+the+process+(Roth+%26+Tobin%2C+2002a).+Coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+reportedly+benefits+students+academically+and+socially+while+rewarding+educators+professionally+and+emotionally+through+the+support+and+collaboration+they+receive+from+fellow+coteachers.+These+benefits+ensue+because+coteaching+theoretically+positions+teachers+at+one+another's+elbows%2C+providing+new+and+different+understandings+about+teaching+based+on+first-hand+perspectives+and+shared+goals+for+assisting+students+to+learn.+This+thesis+proposes+that+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+may+provide+a+vehicle+for+improving+quality+of+contact+and+relationships+between+parents+and+teachers.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo+investigate+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+as+a+parent-teacher+engagement+mechanism%2C+interpretive+ethnographic+case+study+research+was+conducted+involving+two+parents+and+a+secondary+school+teacher.+Sociological+ideas%2C+namely+Bourdieu's+(1977)+fields%2C+habitus%2C+and+capitals%2C+together+with+multiple+dialectical+concepts+such+as+agency%7Cstructure+(Sewell%2C+1992)+and+agency%7Cpassivity+(Roth%2C+2007b%2C+2010)+were+assembled+into+a+conceptual+framework+to+examine+parent-teacher+relationships+by+describing+and+explaining+cultural+production+and+identity+construction+throughout+the+case+study.+Video+and+audio+recordings+of+cogenerative+dialogues+and+cotaught+lessons+comprised+the+chief+data+sources.+Data+were+analysed+using+qualitative+techniques+such+as+discourse+and+conversation+analysis+to+identify+patterns+and+contradictions+(Roth+%26+Tobin%2C+2002a).+The+use+of+quality+criteria+detailed+by+Guba+and+Lincoln+(2005)+gives+credence+to+the+way+in+which+ethical+considerations+infused+the+planning+and+conduct+of+this+research.%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom+the+processes+of+data+collection+and+analyses%2C+three+broad+assertions+were+proffered.+The+findings+highlight+the+significance+of+using+multiple+coordinated+dialectical+concepts+for+analysing+the+affordances+and+challenges+of+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialogues+that+include+parents+and+teachers.+Adopting+the+principles+and+purposes+of+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+promoted+trusting+respectful+relationships+that+generated+an+equitable+culture.+The+simultaneous+processes+and+tensions+between+logistics+and+ethics+(i.e.%2C+the+logistics%7Cethics+dialectic)+were+proposed+as+a+new+way+to+conceptualise+how+power+was+redistributed+among+the+participants.+Knowledge+of+positive+emotional+energy+and+ongoing+capital+exchange+conceived+dialectically+as+the+reciprocal+interaction+among+cultural%2C+social%2C+and+symbolic+capitals+(i.e.%2C+the+dialectical+relationship+of+cultural%7Csocial%7Csymbolic+capital)+showed+how+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+facilitated+mutual+understandings%2C+joint+decision-making%2C+and+group+solidarity.+The+notion+of+passivity+as+the+dialectical+partner+of+agency+explained+how+traditional+roles+and+responsibilities+were+reconfigured+and+individual+and+collective+agency+expanded.+Complexities+that+surfaced+when+implementing+the+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+approach+were+outweighed+by+the+multiple+benefits+that+accrued+for+all+involved.+These+benefits+included+the+development+of+community-relevant+and+culturally-significant+curricula+that+increased+student+agency+and+learning+outcomes%2C+heightened+parent+self-efficacy+for+participating+in+and+contributing+to+formal+educational+processes%2C+and+enhanced+teacher+professionalism.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+case+study+contributes+to+existing+theory%2C+knowledge+and+practice%2C+and+methodology+in+the+research+areas+of+parent-teacher+relationships%2C+specifically+in+secondary+schools%2C+and+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing.+The+study+is+particularly+relevant+given+the+challenges+schools+and+teachers+increasingly+face+to+meaningfully+connect+with+parents+to+better+meet+the+needs+of+educational+stakeholders+in+times+of+continual%2C+complex%2C+and+rapid+societal+change.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F63306%2F1%2FLinda-Dianne_Willis_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Willis%2C+Linda-Dianne+(2013)+Parent-teacher+engagement+%3A+a+coteaching+and+cogenerative+dialoguing+approach.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F63306%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Office+of+Education+Research