Supporting Black Pupils and Parents - Understanding and Improving Home-School Relations

Zusatztext 'What this book does do well is highlight the diverse needs of and the extreme concern Black parents have regarding the education of their children and the need for a range of well-publicised national organisations external to the school to support them in their aims.' - Nicola Rollock, Runnymede's Quarterly Bulletin, December 2005 Informationen zum Autor Dr Lorna Cork is an adviser currently working for Birmingham LEA, going into schools and classrooms on a regular basis, providing training and support. She has just received her doctorate from the University of Cambridge. Zusammenfassung Focusing on contemporary situations and the real issues behind the statistics, Lorna Cork uses case studies and her own extensive teaching experience to explore the day-to-day needs and expectations of black parents and their children in education. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. A Parent is a Parent is a Parent? 3. A Theory is a Theory is a Theory: Culturally sensitive research and theorisation 4. Advocaid: 'We're Here for the Child' 5. Mediaid: 'Let Us Talk' 6. Culturaid: 'Raising Cultural Awareness' 7. Linkaid: 'Remember that you're Working for the School' 8. Actionaid: 'We Need to Know' 9. Cultural Co-operation or Cultural Exclusion?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lorna Cork, Lorna (Birmingham Lea Cork, Cork Lorna
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.06.2005
• EAN: 9780415340564
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34056-4
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Schools, Multicultural education, Schools and pre-schools, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General