Improving Learners’ Academic Performance through Parent-teacher Collaboration in the Foundation Phase
Makwalete Malatji,
Cornelia Elizabeth Beeken, Chanzelle Haasbroek & Izahn van Zyl
Issue: Vol.4 No.1 January 2023 Article 6 pp.78-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2023416 | Published online 31st January, 2023
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Parent-teacher collaboration; Foundation Phase; Learners’ academic performance; collaboration strategies
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Makwalete Malatji is a Lecturer at the Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on Parental involvement and literacy practice.
Cornelia Elizabeth Beeken is a Masters student at the Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on Parental involvement, multilingualism and translanguaging.
Chanzelle Haasbroek is a Masters student at the Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on Parental involvement.
Izahn van Zyl is a Masters student at the Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on Children with special needs, parents involvement when students have needs.
Malatji, M., Beeken,C.E., Haasbroek, C. and van Zyl I. “Improving Learners’ Academic Performance through Parent-teacher Collaboration in the Foundation Phase” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 4, no.1 (2023):78-90. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2023416
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