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Peer reviewedWirt, Connie – Journal of Educational Communication, 1977
Home visits can encourage parents to appreciate, respect, and care for the school program and to offer support and assistance to their children in that program. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Home Visits, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Vallin, Rose – Instructor, 1988
A teacher describes her method for ensuring effective, productive parent-teacher conferences. Suggestions include: scheduling conferences during the first two weeks of school; keeping a flexible schedule; preparing a simple parent questionnaire; explaining expectations and obtaining parents' expectations; making a problem solving agreement; and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expectation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedPaulis, Chris – English Journal, 1983
Decries the promotion of euphemism in teachers' communications with parents. States that true professionalism requires teachers to present problems with students in straightforward language. (MM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Teacher Conferences, Student Problems
Peer reviewedOrstein, Allan C.; Chapman, J. Karen – PTA Today, 1988
This two-part article advises parents and teachers on maximizing benefits from the parent-teacher conference. Teachers are advised to: prepare a checklist of discussion topics; set the agenda; be good listeners and cautious with criticism; keep confidences. Parents are advised on preparation, questioning, and follow-up. (IAH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Conferences, Teacher Attitudes
Direct linkAguerrebere, Yolanda – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This case study evaluated one site of a California teacher home visit program. Home visits have been an important means of connecting families and schooling. In 1999, California inaugurated a statewide home visit program to promote effective partnership between home and school for low-achieving schools. At this site, families in 3 kindergarten…
Descriptors: Discipline, Home Visits, Kindergarten, Grants
Download full textDotger, Benjamin H.; Smith, Melissa J. – New Educator, 2009
Teacher professional identity is a concept defined and researched in a multitude of ways (Beijaard, Meijer, & Verloop, 2004). This manuscript approaches teacher identity formation from the foundations of situated cognition, social learning, and identity in community practice. Focusing on a unique teacher development intervention designed to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Professional Personnel, Identification, Beginning Teachers
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1991
This technical assistance paper presents information designed to assist school personnel in assessing the strengths and needs of children and planning developmentally appropriate curriculum strategies. The first topic addressed is assessment strategies, which include developmental screening, diagnostic instruments, teacher observation, parent…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Barber, Lucie W. – 1978
This paper reports on the effectiveness of the Realistic Parenting Skills program, an intervention program for parents of preschoolers designed to influence children's religious education which was field tested at 7 sites in Ohio. Subjects were 37 families and their 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers. Seven group meetings were conducted for parents at…
Descriptors: Child Development, Field Studies, Parent Attitudes, Parent Conferences
Peer reviewedHutinger, Patricia L. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes the Sharing Center component of the Macomb, Illinois, 0-3 Rural Project enabling parents in rural communities and small towns to join their disabled children in activities and to share experiences with other parents of disabled young children. Discusses Center establishment, participant characteristics, staff preparation, activities,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Infants, Mobile Educational Services, Outreach Programs
Vehkakoski, Tanja M. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The debate about whether to include all kinds of students in the general education classrooms is a current topic in the European and Scandinavian educational policy. This paper comes to grips with this topic by focusing on the process through which professionals define educational possibilities and risks for one group of children considered as…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Assistive Technology, Educational Policy, Mainstreaming
KAMII, CONSTANCE; RADIN, NORMA – 1965
THE LOWER-CLASS NEGRO MOTHER HAS A DIFFICULT LIFE AND SEES HERSELF AS A SUFFERING MATRIARCH WHO CONFINES HER LIFE TO HER HOME, DEIFIES HER OWN WISDOM, FEELS NO ROOTS IN SOCIETY, AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REARING OF CHILDREN WITHOUT A STABLE HUSBAND OR A FRIENDLY SOCIETY. SHE FEELS THAT SHE MUST SUPPRESS HER CHILDREN'S INTERNAL IMPULSES AND…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Education, Black Youth, Child Rearing
DELLA-PIANA, GABRIEL; AND OTHERS – 1966
TWO PILOT STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE REPORTED. THE FIRST STUDY COMPARED THE BEHAVIOR OF MOTHERS OF HIGH AND LOW VERBAL GIRLS IN TWO SEMISTRUCTURED INTERACTION SITUATIONS. TEN HIGH VERBAL AND 10 LOW VERBAL GIRLS WERE SELECTED FOR STUDY ON THE BASIS OF SCORES ON THE…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1969
Discussed in the report are the state's programs for exceptional children in 1967 and 1968, the proposed events for 1968-1969, the scope of the special education program, a special education model, and a breakdown of four geographic regions. Services and planning for consultation by the State Department of Education, psychological services,…
Descriptors: Clinics, Consultants, Cooperative Programs, Exceptional Child Education
Gardella, Florine – NJEA Review, 1975
Author provided some points for teachers to consider in dealing successfully with parents when discussing their children. (RK)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship
Filemyr, Frank – 1980
The booklet offers guidelines to help the educator in making meetings with parents more relaxed and productive, particularly in meeting the needs of special education students. Listed in an introduction are recommendations for productive parent-professional interactions, including that parents should be fully participating members of the team,…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Teacher Conferences
