School, family, and community partnerships : preparing educators, and improving schools / Joyce L. Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Joyce Levy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

United States.

Home and school--United States.

Home and school.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 620 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2001]

Summary:

School, Family, and Community Partnerships addresses a fundamental question facing education today; How can teachers and administrators prepare themselves to create positive relationships and productive partnerships with families?

The work of Joyce L. Epstein has advanced the theories, research, policies, and practices of parent involvement in schooling. In School, Family, and Community Partnerships, she offers readings for use in teacher education, in the training of school administrators, and in other courses that prepare professionals to work in schools and with families

Contents:

Part 1 Understanding School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Matching Rhetoric with Practice 3

The Need 4

The Gap 5

The Goals 8

Achieving the Goals 9

Using This Volume 10

Setting a Course 13

Featured Topics for Discussion 15

2 Theory and Overview 21

Reading 2.1 Toward a Theory of Family-School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement / Joyce L. Epstein 22

Reading 2.2 Perspectives and Previews on Research and Policy for School, Family, and Community Partnerships / Joyce L. Epstein 38

3 Research 97

Reading 3.1 Parent Involvement: A Survey of Teacher Practices / Henry Jay Becker, Joyce L. Epstein 101

Reading 3.2 Teachers' Reported Practices of Parent Involvement: Problems and Possibilities / Joyce L. Epstein, Henry Jay Becker 120

Reading 3.3 School Programs and Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools / Joyce L. Epstein, Susan L. Dauber 134

Reading 3.4 Parents' Reactions to Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement / Joyce L. Epstein 155

Reading 3.5 Single Parents and the Schools: Effects of Marital Status on Parent and Teacher Interactions / Joyce L. Epstein 176

Reading 3.6 Parents' Attitudes and Practices of Involvement in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools / Susan L. Dauber, Joyce L. Epstein 205

Reading 3.7 Effects on Student Achievement of Teachers' Practices of Parent Involvement / Joyce L. Epstein 221

Reading 3.8 Homework Practices, Achievements, and Behaviors of Elementary School Students / Joyce L. Epstein 236

Reading 3.9 Student Reactions to Teachers' Practices of Parent Involvement / Joyce L. Epstein 253

Part 2 Applying Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships

4 Policy Implications 303

Reading 4.1 Parent Involvement: State Education Agencies Should Lead the Way / Joyce L. Epstein 307

Reading 4.2 Sample State and District Policies on School, Family, and Community Partnerships 314

Reading 4.3 A Question of Merit: Principals' and Parents' Evaluations of Teachers / Joyce L. Epstein 334

5 Framework for Developing Comprehensive Partnership Programs 401

Reading 5.1 School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Caring for the Children We Share / Joyce L. Epstein 403

6 Practical Applications: Linking Family and Community Involvement to Student learning 507

Reading 6.1 Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS): Interactive Homework in Math, Science, and Language Arts / Joyce L. Epstein 510

Reading 6.2 Organizing Productive Volunteers in the Middle Grades / Joyce L. Epstein 543

7 Strategies for Action in Practice, Policy, and Research 563.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813387558

OCLC:

45835603