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Research Digest Number 10: Parents And Teachers: Working Together To Foster Children’S Learning, Kate Perkins, Pat Knight, Marion Meiers
Research Digest Number 10: Parents And Teachers: Working Together To Foster Children’S Learning, Kate Perkins, Pat Knight, Marion Meiers
Research Digest
This edition of the Research Digest focuses primarily on parent-teacher collaboration, considering what research can tell us about:
- why parental engagement is important
- key features of effective collaborations
- critical challenges and issues that teachers and parents may face
- strategies that have helped teachers and parents build effective relationships
Some examples of activities undertaken as part of whole-school programs are also included. These illustrate the kind of scaffolding that helps teachers, parents and children establish the foundations for effective interactions.
The Digest draws on searches of data bases and bibliographic resources including the Australian Education Index, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), …