Including families and communities in urban education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Catherine M. Hands, Lea Hubbard

• Pubblicazione: Charlotte, N.C., : Information Age Pub., c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.2/6
• Soggetto topico: Education, Urban - United States; Education - Parent participation - United States; Community and school - United States; Children of minorities - Education - United States; Educational equalization - United States
• Altri autori: HandsCatherine M HubbardLea <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Understanding family and community inclusion and engagement / Catherine M. Hands and Lea Hubbard -- Metaphor as insight into parents' conceptualizations of their role in school improvement / Bonnie L. Stelmach -- The role of leadership in forging family-school-community relationships / Lea Hubbard and Catherine M. Hands -- Parent empowerment through organizing for collective action / Lauri Johnson, Julie Carter, and Mary Finn -- Listening to parent voices: home-school collaboration for diverse communities / Magaly Lavadenz and Elvira G. Armas -- Fostering inclusive educational environments for American Indian parents and families in urban schools and communities / Susan C. Faircloth -- Learning to organize for educational change: one CBO's efforts to influence educational policy / Michael P. Evans -- Pioneer parents and creating pathways for involvement: a historical case study of school change and collective parental involvement / Erin McNamara Horvat -- The math/science equity project: working with educators to increase African American parental involvement in secondary math and science course placements / Roslyn A. Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins -- Shaping youth's identity through student-driven research / Susan Yonezawa and Makeba Jones -- From mistrust to collaboration: using transformational social therapy to support participation in school- community educational reform in a French banlieue / Novella Keith -- Mapping family-school partnership programs through theories of action and logic models / Janet Chrispeels and Margarita Gonzalez -- Conclusion: themes from initiatives including families and community members in education.
• Titolo autorizzato: Including families and communities in urban education
• ISBN: 1-61735-401-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813308503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in the research, theory, policy, and practice of urban education.