ABSTRACT
This popular text shows how teachers can create partnerships with parents and students that facilitate participation in the schools while also validating home culture and family concerns and aspirations. It reflects current research and theory in several areas related to literacy development, including family literacy, bilingual and multicultural education, critical pedagogy, participatory research, cooperative learning, and feminist perspectives. Teachers of students who are immigrants, non-native speakers of English, and members of marginalized groups will find this book especially pertinent.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|26 pages
Background: A Tapestry of Voices and Ideas
chapter Chapter 1|25 pages
An Overview of Family Involvement in Education and a Rationale for Building Communities of Learners
part 2|26 pages
Initiating Home and School Partnerships
part 3|83 pages
Telling our Stories
part 4|42 pages
Generating New Ideas: Empowerment Through Dialogue and the Creation of Books
part 5|13 pages
Exemplary Programs for Building Communities of Learners