The demand for interaction of family and school in the process of raising a child: the experience of empirical research

Currently, the problem of interaction between an educational organization and a family is one of the most significant in the theory and practice of the pedagogical process. The paper considers the issues of building constructive interaction between a teacher and parents in the process of raising a child, and reveals the potential of methodological cooperation between school and parents. The following principle should be considered the basis for such cooperation: the most effective way to help a child is to help his parents. The purpose of the study is to determine the demand for interaction (methodological support) between family and school in the process of raising an elementary school child; to specify the most effective forms and methods of interaction in the process of providing methodological assistance to parents in their educational activities. The study was carried out in the form of a survey. The survey questions offered to parents included several areas: determining the appropriateness and necessity of providing methodological support to the family when solving educational problems; specifying the most effective forms and methods of interaction in the process of providing methodological assistance to parents in their educational activities. The results of the study allow talking about the demand for interaction and methodological support of the family by the educational organization in family education matters, both on the part of teachers (school) and on the part of parents. The author identified the most effective forms of methodological support for parents in matters of raising a child: debates on educational issues, joint trainings, role plays (“pedagogical ring”), involving parents in organizing and conducting extracurricular activities (excursions, tourism, competitions, projects, etc.). The author sees one of the ways to solve this problem in the methodological preparation of a future teacher for the implementation of interaction between family and school at the stage of getting vocational education, offering students relevant elective courses.