This study rises up an untouched area of ​​research where the relationship between newly arrived parents and teachers is examined from a structural perspective. Previous research has looked only at the interaction between parents and teacher; this study is thus a theoretical contribution to the research. The aim of the study is met by examining the perceptions newly arrived parents have of their meeting with the Swedish school, the relationship with their children’s teacher, cooperation, collaboration between home and school, as well as their own influence in their children's learning. Similarly examines the perceptions teachers have about newly arrived parents, cooperation, collaboration between them and the parents and parental influence on children's learning. Method: To meet the objective, a qualitative survey has been made. Ten qualitative interviews with ten newly arrived parents and two interviews with teachers, including a primary school teacher and a preschool teacher. Results and Conclusions: The results showed that parents were generally pleased with their relationship to the teachers, but that they do not really see their own role in their child's learning, except helping with homework and going to formal meetings. The teachers perceived the relationship as generally good, but did not see newly arrived parents being involved or active parents. The teachers expected this, as these parents have language deficiency and too little knowledge of school organization. The teachers were the ones who had the formal power and they decided what information arrivals parents were provided with. Collaboration between teachers and newly arrived parents proved to be inadequate and it affected both the teachers and parents attitudes towards each other.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka föräldrars uppfattningar om högläsningens betydelse för barns läsutveckling i hemmet och i skolan och om samverkan mellan hem och skola inom berört område. Syftet är även att undersöka om föräldrars sociokulturella bakgrund har någon betydelse för deras uppfattningar. Studien har genomförts i samarbete med ett projekt i en årskurs ett på en kommunal skola i Sverige som syftar till att stärka samverkan mellan hem och skola. Det sociokulturella perspektivet svarar för studiens teoretiska utgångspunkt och den metodologiska ansatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i fenomenologin. Empirin består av en enkätundersökning och kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med avsikt att skapa en djupgående bild av föräldrarnas egna uppfattningar. Vad gäller de informanter som deltar i studien så har de valts ut bland de föräldrar till de deltagande barnen i den årskurs ett som projektet berör. Studien lyfter fram föräldraperspektivet vilket till stor del har saknats i tidigare forskning. Studiens resultat indikerar att föräldrars sociokulturella bakgrund inte har någon större betydelse för deras uppfattningar. Föräldrarna uppfattar att högläsning i hemmet och i skolan och samverkan mellan hem och skola är betydelsefull för barns läsutveckling. Studien visar även att föräldrarna ser sig själva som betydelsefulla vägledare i högläsningssituationen, vilket i sig kan gynna barnets läsutveckling. / The purpose of this study is to investigate parental perceptions of the significance of reading aloud for children ́s reading development at home and in school, and the interaction between home and school in the area concerned. The aim is also to examine if the parents ́ socio- cultural background influence their perceptions. The study was conducted in cooperation with a project that took place in the first grade at a public school in Sweden, which aimed to strengthen the cooperation between home and school. The socio-cultural perspective forms the study ́s theoretical basis and its methodological approach is based on phenomenology. The empirical data consist of a survey and qualitative interviews with the intention to get to know the parents ́ own perceptions. As for the informants involved in the study, they have been selected among the parents of the children who are participating in the first year of the project. The study highlights that the parental perspective has largely been lacking previous research. The results of the study indicate that the parents ́ socio-cultural background does not have any significant impact on their perceptions of the significance of reading aloud for children at home and in school. Parents perceive that reading aloud at home and in school and a collaboration between home and school are important for children ́s reading development. The study also finds that the parents see themselves as important actors when it comes to reading aloud situations, which in itself beneficial for the children ́s reading development.