A Path To Follow. Learning To Listen to Parents.

Autor/inn/en	Edwards, Patricia A.; Pleasants, Heather M.; Franklin, Sarah H.
Titel	A Path To Follow. Learning To Listen to Parents.
Quelle	(1999), (76 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-325-00152-9
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Elementary Secondary Education; High Risk Students; Literacy Education; Parent Empowerment; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parents; Parents as Teachers; Personal Narratives; Reading Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemschüler; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Eltern; Erlebniserzählung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit
Abstract	This book discusses parent-school cooperation, suggesting that parent stories are an effective tool for accessing knowledge to benefit parent-teacher relationships. The book defines stories as narratives gained from open-ended conversations and/or interviews, where parents answer questions that illuminate traditional and nontraditional early literacy activities in the home. The book offers a step-by-step approach to creating parent story programs, sample questions, case studies, and guidelines on collecting and interpreting data. Chapter 1, "Mapping the Terrain," discusses why parents and teachers are not partners, summarizes relevant literature, and introduces parent stories. Chapter 2, "At-Risk Students and Parental Involvement," includes teachers' descriptions of at-risk students and considers difficulties in establishing conversations with such parents. Chapter 3, "Collecting Parent Stories," discusses types of questions that teachers have asked previously and suggests that they were one-dimensional, introducing the context and development of the interview questionnaire and sharing the questionnaire. Chapter 4, "Making Sense of Parent Stories," examines the process of extrapolating salient information from conversations based on parent interviews and provides an action plan to further guide conversations with parents and develop instructional plans for students. Chapter 5, "Implications of Parent Stories," discusses how teachers can seek help outside the school by creating a resource file, using a parent narrative to discuss what agencies and organizations teachers can access when students' difficulties are beyond their control. (SM)
Anmerkungen	Heinemann, A Division of Reed Elsevier, Inc., 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881; Web site: http://www.heinemann.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01