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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ756633
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0963-8253
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From Teacher Aides to Teaching Assistants: How Plowden Promoted Parental Participation in Our Primary Schools
Aylen, Mike
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v49 n1 p107-114 2007
The author describes the changes which classroom assistants have seen over the past 40 years in terms of their job title and role. He argues that the Plowden Report's recommendations for greater responsibilities, better training opportunities and an increase in the number of teaching assistants in schools are at last being implemented.
Descriptors: Staff Development, Teacher Aides, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Educational History, Elementary Schools, Responsibility
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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