This must be conveyed in any training effort. At the Funds of Knowledge Project at the University of Arizona in Tucson, inservice teachers are trained as ethnographers. Teachers visit their students' homes to investigate the family life and culture of their students, and later incorporate this knowledge into the classroom curriculum. Move beyond classroom-based teaching methods by offering teachers direct field experiences working with families. The survey of teacher education programs shows that family involvement training is rarely interactive, depending mostly on lectures, readings, and other traditional teaching methods.
Experiential methods enable students to integrate theory and practice.
The direct experience of working with families and communities builds student skills, increases knowledge gained from practice, and helps promote positive attitudes between students and families. School-university collaborations can help bridge the gap between theory and practice. School personnel can collaborate with teacher education programs to reshape teacher education curriculum so that teachers are better prepared to meet the changing needs of students and families.