Product Details: Handbook for Involving Parents in Education
| Foreword by: | Bettye M. Caldwell |
| Author: | Doris K. Williams |
| Format: | Paperback: 200 pages. |
| Publisher: | Humanics Pub Group (01/01/1985) |
| ISBN: | 0893340847 |
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Publisher Notes: Handbook for Involving Parents in Education
Foreword vii Preface ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Generalization 1 Objectives 1 History 2 Terms 3 The Parent As a Change Agent 5 Model Programs 7 Summary 10 Application Activities 11 Chapter 2 The Parent As a Model 15 Generalization 15 Objectives 15 The Significance: Attachment to Modeling 16 Sex Typing and Role Development 17 Values and Moral Development 27 Application Activities 32 Chapter 3 "Parenting" Education 37 Generalization 37 Objectives 38 History and Roles 38 Content 40 Recent Systems 42 Program Models 50 Planning Content 55 Effectiveness of Training 58 Application Activities 59 Chapter 4 Parents As Educators 63 Generalization 63 Objectives 63 Trends 64 Effective Programs 65 Value of Reading 72 Adult Education and Parents 73 The Parent As a Teacher 76 Application Activities 80 Chapter 5 Parents and Community Support Systems 83 Generalization 83 Objective 83 Attitudes Toward Use of Social Service 84 Reporting Agencies 85 The Major Problems 85 Federal Leadership 88 Other Comprehensive Models 90 Consumer Supports for Children 92 Television As a Support System 94 Supplemented Food Programs 96 Integrated Support Systems 96 Need for Research 98 Evaluating Community Support Programs 99 Application Activities 100 Chapter 6 Advocacy, Policy, And Volunteer Parent Involvement 103 Generalization 103 Objectives 104 Parent/Citizen Power 104 Laws Requiring Parent Involvement 105 Volunteer-Advocacy-Policy Model Programs 105 Parent Policy Programs: The How and Why 110 Volunteerism: Principles and Process 112 Advocacy: Components and Process 115 Parliamentary Procedure 117 Need for National Action for Policy 121 Adult Education Principles: Androgogy vs. Pedagogy 123 Application Activities 130 Chapter 7 Parents of Special Children 133 Generalization 133 Objectives 133 Parental Involvement with Special Children 134 PL 94 - 142 135 Mainstreaming 136 The Gifted Child 142 Counseling Approaches 143 Application Activities 151 Chapter 8 The "New School" Family Life Model 155 Generalization 155 Objectives 156 The "New School" 156 Topics and Techniques 157 Parent Professional Interactions and Obstacles 160 The "New School" Variables 161 Trained Family Life Educators 163 Program Effectiveness 165 Future Directions 167 "New School" Outcomes 168 Application Activities 172 Annotated List of Resources 175
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