Bicultural parent engagement : advocacy and empowerment / edited by Edward M. Olivos, Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, Alberto M. Ochoa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olivos, Edward M., 1967-

Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar

Monroy Ochoa, Alberto

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Parent participation--United States.

Education.

Education--Parent participation.

Biculturalism.

United States.

Hispanic American children--Education.

Hispanic American children.

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

Biculturalism--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]

Summary:

This book examines how commonly applied approaches to parent involvement in schools do not easily transfer to bilingual and bicultural families. The authors--respected scholars in the field of educational equity--challenge commonly accepted boundaries of bicultural parent involvement. They provide real-life examples, practical strategies, discussion questions, and suggestions for ensuring that schools welcome and value bicultural families. This timely resource is a hopeful vision of what authentic and democratic parent engagement can become, and how parents can be transformative change agents for their children and their schools.

Contents:

Critical voices in bicultural parent engagement: a framework for transformation / Edward M. Olivos, Alberto M. Ochoa, and Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos

Parental involvement in the home: a critical view through a multicultural lens / Robert P. Moreno, Kristal Lewis-Menchaca, and James Rodriguez

Culturally proficient school communities: connecting bicultural parents to schools / Delores B. Lindsey and Randall B. Lindsey

Using family stories to foster parent and pre-service teacher relationships / Maria Lombos Wlazlinski and Jim Cummins

Parent engagement and equity in a dual language program / Sheila Shannon

Engaging bicultural parents for democratic schooling / Art Pearl

Models of parent-teacher/school engagement in a time of educational reform, increased diversity, and globalization / Carl A. Grant and Aubree A. Potter

A parent advocate's vision of a 21st century model for bicultural parent engagement / Mary Johnson

Bicultural parents as transformative change agents through action research in schools and in the community / Martha Montero-Sieburth

Becoming civic: the active engagement of Latino immigrant parents in public schools / Veronica Terriquez and John Rogers

The struggle for democratic and transformative parent engagement / Alberto M. Ochoa, Edward M. Olivos, and Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0807752649

9780807752647

9780807752654

0807752657

OCLC:

742516148

Publisher Number:

99946104421