Engaging 'hard to reach' parents: teacher-parent collaboration to promote children's learning

Teachers often comment that the parents they most want to speak to have leastcontact with the school. There are many reasons why families' participation in schooling may be low - from difficulties with English to pressures of work but there is consistent evidence that all parents are acutely interested in their childrens education and want to know how to help. Parents are a childs first and most enduring teachers, and they create home environments where childrenspend much of their waking lives. Their involvement has an impact throughout childrens school careers. In Engaging Hard to Reach Parents, Anthony Feiler emphasizes what schools can do to facilitate the communication process, rather than adopting a blaming or deficit view of families. Real-world case studies ofinitiatives that promote effective cooperation between parents and teachers are presented, allowing readers to learn about successful strategies rooted in practical experience. Feiler highlights the particular benefits of home-schoolcollaboration in circumstances that are challenging, and focuses on tactics that schools can adopt in order to better engage with so-called hard to reach parents. By supporting the drive for stronger relationships between schools andthe communities they serve, this book makes an important contribution to the development of inclusive education.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-51632-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés