Father/Male Involvement in Early Childhood Programs. ERIC Digest.

Autor/inn/en	McBride, Brent A.; Rane, Thomas R.
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL.
Titel	Father/Male Involvement in Early Childhood Programs. ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1996), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Early Childhood Education; Father Attitudes; Fathers; Males; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Participation; Parent Responsibility; Parent School Relationship; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Given the support for increased involvement of parents in their children's schooling and the positive contribution men can make to children's development, it is important to reach out specifically to fathers or other significant males in parent involvement efforts for pre-kindergarten and early childhood programs. This digest discusses barriers to male involvement, including: (1) fathers' fears of exposing inadequacies; (2) ambivalence of program staff members about father involvement; (3) gatekeeping by mothers; and (4) inappropriate program design and delivery. The digest also offers the following suggestions for educators who are planning initiatives targeted at men: (1) be specific about goals; (2) acknowledge resistance to initiatives; (3) identify significant male role figures; (4) provide training and support services for staff; (5) train female facilitators to accept male involvement; (6) do not neglect mothers; (7) go slowly; and (8) do not reinvent the wheel. (LPP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC