Obstacles and Threats to Family and School Collaboration to promote the Religious Education of Elementary School Students According to Religious Education Experts

Analyzing the obstacles and threats to family and school collaboration to promote the religious education of elementary school students, according to religious education experts (educational sciences areas, psychology, Islamic sciences, and successful managers and teachers) is the main issue of this paper. The question is: What are the barriers and threats in the relationship of home and school, which can lead to inadequate religious education in elementary school students, from the viewpoint of the religious education experts? This study is a qualitative research in which semi-open interview and purposeful sampling method have been used for gathering information. The number of interviewees was twenty-five. The directed content analysis method has been utilized to analyze data. Findings show that, the barriers and threats to family and school collaboration are three categories; first, the threats caused by the social and cultural conditions, second, the threats caused by shortcomings in the collaborative activities of the school staff, third, the threats caused by shortcomings in parenting activities.