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Home, school & community relations / Carol Gestwicki.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2016]Edition: Ninth Edition, Student editionDescription: xxii, 471 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781305089013 (Student Edition)
Other title:
  • Home, school, and community relations
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 225.3 .G335 2016
Summary: This practical, comprehensive book is an indispensable guide for home-school-community collaborations. HOME, SCHOOL, & COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 9th Edition, meets the needs of teachers and administrators who desire to create effective, culturally-competent partnerships with families, and helps to prepare future teachers for their careers. It provides an overview of modern families and their complex roles and beliefs to sensitize teachers to the diversity and needs of families they will encounter, including multilingual, multiethnic, multigenerational, and gender-diverse families from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The book fully discusses both the benefits of creating productive partnerships and the barriers that teachers must overcome. Abundant examples clarify the book's practical and effective communication strategies. Current developments in the field of early childhood education are emphasized, including brain research and development, legislative mandates in education, professional standards of the field, and strategies for working with families of students with diverse learning needs.
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Graduate Studies Graduate Studies Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Graduate Studies Graduate Studies LC 225.3 .G335 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) In transit from Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center to DLSU-D GRADUATE STUDIES since 04/14/2023 3CIR201765423

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This practical, comprehensive book is an indispensable guide for home-school-community collaborations. HOME, SCHOOL, & COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 9th Edition, meets the needs of teachers and administrators who desire to create effective, culturally-competent partnerships with families, and helps to prepare future teachers for their careers. It provides an overview of modern families and their complex roles and beliefs to sensitize teachers to the diversity and needs of families they will encounter, including multilingual, multiethnic, multigenerational, and gender-diverse families from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The book fully discusses both the benefits of creating productive partnerships and the barriers that teachers must overcome. Abundant examples clarify the book's practical and effective communication strategies. Current developments in the field of early childhood education are emphasized, including brain research and development, legislative mandates in education, professional standards of the field, and strategies for working with families of students with diverse learning needs.

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