Rethinking Family-school Relations - A Critique of Parental involvement in Schooling

Analyses family-school relations from a policy perspective & critical framework, specifically considering issues of family autonomy. Questions conventional wisdom on the issue by exploring effects of mainstream policies of family involvement in schooling

List of contents

Contents: Prologue. The Articulation of Family and School in Educational Policy. Family-School Interactions: Lessons From Personal Experience. Education and Social Reproduction: The Quest for Equity Within Family-School Relations. The Obscure Side of Homework. Epilogue.

About the author

Maria Eulina de Carvalho

Summary

This study of parental involvement in modern education covers such diverse topics as lessons from personal experience, the quest for equity in family-school relations and the obscure side of homework.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Eulina de Carvalho
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780805834963
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3496-3
• No. of pages: 172
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Sociology: family & relationships, Teaching skills and techniques, Sociology: family and relationships