With qualitative research method,this study aims at analyzing parent-teacher interaction in interactive homework at the micro level from the perspective of social interaction and digging out the deep reasons behind such interaction. Based on personal interest and results of preliminary research, the author proposed two research questions: 1）how do parents and kindergarten teachers interact with each other in interactive homework? 2）what are the factors influencing such interaction? This study chose four parents and four kindergarten teachers as the research subjects.The author adopted interview method, object gathering method and participatory observation method to collect data and took category analysis method to analyze data. The conclusions are as follows:
There are two regions in parent-teacher interaction, which include front region and back region. In front region, the “performer” present the idle impression to the “audience”, and express his or her expectations to arouse the anticipated behaviors of “audience”. Back region is the hidden part in direct interaction. The behaviors in back region may be inconsistent from the impression in front region. Under such situation, parents or teachers will maintain their own ideal image by impression management.
The reasons influencing parent-teacher interaction include parents and teachers’ educational concepts,role definition,workload,institutionalization of teacher role and kindergarten leaders’ expectations.
KEY WORDS : interactive homework, parent-teacher interaction,parental involvement, case study
