Importance of collaborative work between family and pedagogical team in children in Latin America A systematic review

Abstract

The family establishes the first and most important emotional bonds of children, integrating habits and values, both social and cultural. That is why in childhood the family is a fundamental pillar as well as the pedagogical team plays an important role in the acquisition of learning and skills of boys and girls, producing in them and in their own teaching process a greater significance and assessment, of which, said tasks and functions must be shared. The objective of this systematic review is to recognize the importance of the connection and collaborative work between families and the pedagogical team in the development of boys and girls in Latin American countries, following the preferred reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA), using the Web of Science, Scopus and ERIC databases. The sample considers 14 articles reviewed through thematic content analysis, using keywords such as “family”, “schools” and “collaboration”. The results indicate that the effects of the bond between the family and the pedagogical team are highly beneficial; Boys and girls obtain significantly positive benefits both academically and socio-emotionally. But for its part, it is concluded that the family and the pedagogical teams present difficulties in achieving an effective relationship due to the barriers that arise in this process, which is why it is important to look for ways of working from practice to develop a better climate of collaboration.