Family plays an important role in the child’s upbringing. The course aims to explore how we, as teachers, can empower the parents to play a role in the positive development of the child. Emphasis is put on possibilities and strategies concerning the implementation of parent education and parental involvement in the local school context. Topics include: integrated approach to building staff-parent partnerships, family relationship and personal growth, disciplining methods and principles, parental ethics, development and implementation of parent education, and family-school collaboration.

CILO-1: Understand the importance of parental education and home-school cooperation on children's development. CILO-2: Understand theories and applications in parental education. CILO-3: Learn the missions and goals of parental education in different types of families.