|
Families and Literacy: Book List for Professional Development
America's smallest school: The family
P.E. Barton & R.J. Coley
Educational Testing Service, 1992
This book focuses on topics such as the home library, reading at home, watching television, homework, absence from school, parent involvement, and family resources.
--------------------------------------------------------
Children and parents enjoying reading: parents and the literacy hour: A teachers guide
P. Branston & M. Provis
David Fulton Publishing, 1999
This book helps teachers, parents and children to work together to make reading at home more enjoyable. It will also help to ensure that children achieve the standards of literacy expected for their age.
--------------------------------------------------------
Rethinking Family-School Relations: A Critique of Parental Involvement in Schooling
M.E.P. De Carvalho
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
An historical overview of family-school relationships in light of current policies.
--------------------------------------------------------
School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools
J.L. Epstein
Westview Press, 2001
This book explains the theory, practice, and benefits of family-school partnerships and provides administrators and teachers with lesson plans to implement policy.
--------------------------------------------------------
The RIF guide to encouraging young readers: A fun-filled sourcebook of over 200 favorite reading activities of kids and parents from across the country
R. Graves, (Ed.)
New York: Doubleday, 1987
This compilation of family reading activities by RIF volunteers stresses keeping reading fun.
--------------------------------------------------------
A new generation of evidence: the family is critical to student achievement
A.T. Henderson & N.Berla
Center for Law & Education, 1994
The authors provide a thorough overview of research showing evidence that quality family involvement is essential for children's academic success.
--------------------------------------------------------
Innovations in Parent and Family Involvement
J. W. Rioux & N.Berla
Princeton Junction, 1993
Designed to help parents and teachers think beyond the ordinary ways in which parent-family involvement in education is considered and approached, this book describes 34 operational parent-family involvement programs in preschools and in elementary, middle, and high schools.
Top |
