Bridging Cultures between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers--With a Special Focus on Immigrant Latino Families.

Autor/inn/en	Trumbull, Elise; Rothstein-Fisch, Carrie; Greenfield, Patricia M.; Quiroz, Blanca
Institution	WestEd, San Francisco, CA.
Titel	Bridging Cultures between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers--With a Special Focus on Immigrant Latino Families.
Quelle	(2001), (171 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-8058-3519-9
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Cultural Pluralism; Diversity (Student); Elementary Secondary Education; Individualism; Minority Groups; Multicultural Education; Parent School Relationship; Parent Teacher Conferences; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Teacher Researchers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied; Kulturpluralismus; Individualismus; Ethnische Minderheit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; 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; Lehrerforschung
Abstract	This book focuses on how to meet the challenges of education in a pluralistic society, presenting the Bridging Cultures framework, which is designed for understanding differences and conflicts that arise in situations where school culture is more individualistic than the home value system. Six sections examine: (1) "The Bridging Cultures Framework" (e.g., what culture is, the dynamic nature of culture, individualism and collectivism, and strands of multicultural education); (2) "Parent Involvement: Recommended but Not Always Successful" (e.g., minority parent involvement, parent-school partnerships, and finding common ground); (3) "The Cross-Cultural Parent-Teacher Conference" (e.g., the tradition of parent-teacher conferences, using cultural knowledge to enhance communication, and improving parent-teacher conferences); (4) "Learning What Works" (e.g., understanding parents' points of view, evaluating the messages schools send, and developing closer personal relationships with families); (5) "Teachers as Researchers" (e.g., action research, inquiry and reflection, and ethnographic inquiry); and (6) "Conclusion: The Challenge of Coming Together" (e.g., the need for cultural knowledge, how Bridging Cultures fits into the big picture of school reform, and what is to be gained). An appendix presents the Bridging Cultures Project in brief. (Contains 191 references.) (SM)
Anmerkungen	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430 ($17.50). Tel: 800-926-6579 (Toll Free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC