Bridging Cultures Between Home and School - A Guide for Teachers

Introduces prospective/in-service teachers to an anthropological framework & to research & practice base that will help them be more successful in teaching students from various immigrant cultures. Focuses on home-school communication & parent involvemen

List of contents

Contents: Preface. The Bridging Cultures Framework. Parent Involvement: Recommended But Not Always Successful. The Cross-Cultural Parent-Teacher Conference. Learning What Works. Teachers as Researchers. Conclusion: The Challenge of Coming Together. Appendix: The Bridging Cultures Project in Brief.

About the author

Elise Trumbull (Author) ,  Carrie Rothstein-Fisch (Author) ,  Patricia M. Greenfield (Author) ,  Blanca Quiroz (Author)

Summary

Introduces prospective/in-service teachers to an anthropological framework & to research & practice base that will help them be more successful in teaching students from various immigrant cultures. Focuses on home-school communication & parent involvemen

Product details

• Authors: Patricia M Greenfield, Blanca Quiroz, Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Elise Trumbull, Elise Rothstein-Fisch Trumbull
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9781138170698
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17069-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics