1st Edition
Teachers as Collaborative Partners Working With Diverse Families and Communities
By Sandra J. Winn Tutwiler
Copyright 2005
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Teachers as Collaborative Partners assists future and inservice teachers in developing a research-based framework for understanding the dynamics of school, family, and community relations. It provides foundational knowledge important for understanding families and communities, while exploring conditions that influence family-school-community interactions. The text is designed to engage the... Read more
PART I: EXPLORING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONTEXTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES, 1. Exploring Families Through Mothering Across Time and Cultures, 2. Family Structure and Membership: Multiple Meanings of Family, 3. Social and Cultural Contexts of Family Life, 4. Sources of Comfort, Sources of Distress: Neighborhoods and Communities, PART II: UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL-FAMILY INTERACTIONS: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, 5. From Political Agenda to Academic Strategy: The Sociopolitical Context of School-Family Relations, 6. Parental Attributes: Influence on Interactions With Schools, 7. Authority and Advocacy: Who Is Responsible for What?, PART III: CREATING MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIVE FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, 8. Communicating With Families and Communities, 9. Collaborating With Families and Communities: Support for Teaching and Learning, 10. Family, Community, and School Profile
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Tutwiler, Sandra J. Winn
