Teachers as collaborative partners
Subtitle: working with diverse families and communities
By: Sandra Winn Tutwiler.
Series: Inquiry and pedagogy across diverse contexts
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Teachers and community -- United States; Home and school -- United States; Family -- United States; Multiculturalism -- United States
Description: "Teachers as Collaborative Partners: Working With Diverse Families and Communities assists future and in-service teachers in developing a research-based framework for understanding the dynamics of school, family, and community relations. It provides foundational knowledge while exploring conditions that influence family-school-community interactions. The text is designed to engage the critical reflective capability of teachers in ways that will support their ability to work with diverse families in a variety of teaching contexts."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploring families through mothering across time and cultures; title: Family structure and membership : multiple meanings of family; title: Social and cultural contexts of family life; title: Sources of comfort, sources of distress : neighborhoods and communities; title: From political agenda to academic strategy : the sociopolitical context of school-family relations; title: Parental attributes : influence on interactions with schools; title: Authority and advocacy : who is responsible for what?; title: Communicating with families and communities; title: Collaborating with families and communities : support for teaching and learning; title: Family, community, and school profile.