Prospective forms of improving the pedagogical culture of students' parents in educational institutions

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. For full participation in the public-public management of educational organizations and for the quality performance of responsibilities for the education of children, parents must have a well-developed pedagogical culture. At present each educational organization draws up plans for work with parents, but the level of pedagogical culture remains low. The goal of the research is to determine the most effective organizational forms of interaction with parents, which improve their pedagogical culture. Methodology. The personal activity approach was used, which made it possible to evaluate the success of various organizational forms of interaction with parents, determine parents' opinions on the forms and content of meetings with them, and outline guidelines for future work. Based on the analysis of plans for interaction with parents in 28 schools, a list of organizational forms used and parents' attitudes toward them were compiled. With the help of a survey of 2,158 parents the preferred organizational forms of interaction were identified, on the basis of which the model of "free interaction" with parents was proposed, as well as ways of interaction of parents with their children (the most successful was the joint viewing of a movie) followed by a discussion (with prepared questions). Results. After a year of work, parents' self-assessment of their pedagogical culture became more adequate; their value orientation in child-rearing (its activity component) increased; child-parent relations improved; and the image of class teachers increased. The limitation of the use of non-traditional forms of interaction with parents is noted: the high time expenditure on the part of the class teachers. A mechanism for removing this limitation is suggested. Conclusion. The possibility of correcting the value orientations of adults in the process of group work is confirmed, the possibility of improving the image of classroom teachers is proved, and the prospects of improving the pedagogical culture of parents under the influence of educational organizations are noted.