Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education: Research into Practice

Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education: Research into Practice
ISBN-10
1418014249
ISBN-13
9781418014247
Category
Education
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2006-10-10
Publisher
Cengage Learning
Authors
Jennifer Prior, Maureen R Gerard

Description

This text describes the current and ongoing research related to the important benefits of parent and family involvement to student achievement and provides practical ideas and specific activities for preservice and inservice teachers to assist them in getting families involved in their children's education. Designed for familes and teachers of infants, toddlers, and school age children, the text includes ideas and specific activities for instant use by classroom teachers. Special features of the text include plans for implementing a family involvement program; sample ideas and activities for involving fathers; and sample newsletters and activities for at-home involvement. The review questions, highlighted key terminology, and chapter exercises encourage meaningful reflection and reinforce key concepts. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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