Listening for Details of Talk: Early Childhood Parent-Teacher Conference Communication Facilitators

Autor/inn/en	Cheatham, Gregory A.; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.
Titel	Listening for Details of Talk: Early Childhood Parent-Teacher Conference Communication Facilitators
Quelle	In: Young Exceptional Children, 13 (2009) 1, S.36-49 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-2506
DOI	10.1177/1096250609347283
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Parent Teacher Conferences; Communication Strategies; Communication Research; Discourse Analysis; Parent School Relationship; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Transcripts (Written Records); Discourse Modes; Early Childhood Education; Best Practices; Questioning Techniques + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsstrategie; Kommunikationsforschung; Diskursanalyse; 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; Diskursethik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik
Abstract	In this article, the authors present parent-educator conversations, which were selected to illustrate common communication patterns and provide links to some of the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children's recommended practices for communicating and collaborating with parents. Using conversation analysis, researchers have identified many details of talk in conversations between teachers and parents. Positive communication plays a significant role in the initiation and development of parent-professional partnerships as do other help-giving practices. When early childhood educators listen for details in their talk with families, they can make purposeful improvements in parent-professional communication, collaboration, and relationships. This article presents transcript excerpts that were taken from several parent-teacher conferences from early childhood special education and Head Start programs. These conferences appear representative of parent-professional talk in other programs and in other venues. The conference communication characteristics are presented in the following sections: wait time, overlapping talk, topic changes, and technical terms. These four communication techniques were chosen to highlight early childhood educators' and service providers' ability to facilitate interactions with families. (Contains 2 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10