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ERIC Number: EJ954330
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1547-1888
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Educators' Expectations of Parent Participation: The Role of Cultural and Social Capital
Trainor, Audrey A.
Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, v12 n2 p33-50 Spr 2010
Developing educators' attitudes toward and skills in working with families is vital, given both legislative mandates and the different and potentially difficult experiences with home-school collaboration for families. This study explores 17 educators' expectations of parents' acquisition and use of cultural and social capital through focus group interviews. Results indicate that teachers considered disability acknowledgement and acceptance of disability-related information to be essential capital for parent participation. Increasing educators' understanding of the role of capital can augment teachers' positive attitudes toward parents, their ability to engage them in productive home-school collaboration, and their skills as advocates for students with disabilities and their families. (Contains 1 table.)
Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners, Council for Exceptional Children. 1110 North Glebe Road Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: 888-232-7733; Fax: 703-264-9494; e-mail: multiplevoices1@austin.utexas.edu; Web site: http://www.cec.sped.org/ddel
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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