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"This Is My School Too!": Working with Newcomer Parents to Create a Familycentric School Landscape
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Chen, Emma; Pushor, Debbie – Reading Teacher, 2023
In this article, the authors use narrative inquiry methodology to engage with one Prekindergarten teacher and three newcomer parents in a Western Canadian school. Interested in addressing the unique learning and social needs of these particular parents and family members, as a way of strengthening parents and families as well as enhancing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Parents, Immigrants
Music Play Zone II: Deepening Parental Empowerment as Music Guides for Their Young Children
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Koops, Lisa Huisman – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
With the intent of facilitating musical development of children enrolled in early childhood music courses, the purpose of this research was to describe the ongoing use of an online social networking site by parents of preschool children. Six families attended a 45-min early childhood music class each week for 10 weeks and responded to assignments…
Descriptors: Music Education, Empowerment, Parents, Preschool Children
Increasing Programme Effectiveness through Parent Empowerment: The Getting Ready for School Project in Tajikistan
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Whitsel, Christopher Michael; Lapham, Kate – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
Within the development studies framework, empowerment involves increasing individual agency vis-à-vis the formal and informal opportunity structure. The Open Society Foundation's Early Childhood Programme developed the Getting Ready for School programme specifically for parents of preschool-age children to use at home in the year before school to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Parent Role, Parents
Parents as Partners: Building Collaborations to Support the Development of School Readiness Skills in Under-Resourced Communities
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Pitt, Catherine; Luger, Rosemary; Bullen, Ann; Phillips, Diana; Geiger, Martha – South African Journal of Education, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to present a preliminary, qualitative review of a therapeutic programme for preschool children and their parents in severely under-resourced contexts to aid the development of the underlying skills required to be ready for formal school. A team of two pairs, each comprising an occupational therapist and a community…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parents, School Readiness, Occupational Therapy
Critical Practice in P-12 Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning
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Lawrence, Salika A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
With an ever growing diverse population and access to new technologies, it is no revelation that education is undergoing a significant transformation in the twenty-first century. What remains a struggle is equipping students to meet modern expectations while trying to provide a platform for learning that does not perpetuate the same inequalities…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Guidelines, Literacy
Evaluation of a Program to Educate Disadvantaged Parents to Enhance Child Learning
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Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Dean, Suzanne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
This study reported a pilot trial of the Hands-On Parent Empowerment (HOPE) program, a 30-session program designed to instruct parents from disadvantaged backgrounds how to teach learning skills to their preschool children. The participants included 13 parents who newly migrated into Hong Kong from mainland China. The parents were required to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Disadvantaged