Families as Partners in Education: Families and Schools Working Together

By Mari R Riojas-Cortez, Eugenia Hepworth Berger, Mari R. Riojas-Cortez

Book Overview

Engaging families in children's education through partnerships and collaboration
Families as Partners in Education is the most comprehensive book on the market covering the history of family/school collaboration, current issues and population trends affecting American schools and communities, diverse family structures, and techniques for establishing connections with parents and encouraging involvement with their child's learning. Among other themes, the book emphasizes the importance of funds of knowledge for children's development and for effective partnerships with families (the knowledge that children acquire from their families) and the concept of funds of identity as a catalyst for educators to understand their own identity. Throughout the book, the authors make connections to these concepts not only to help educators understand child development, but also to show how children develop within the context of their families.

The 10th Edition continues to highlight important parent involvement programs and how such programs are often successful because of their asset-based view of families, particularly those that are diverse, as well as those with children with special abilities. Updated theory and research are included throughout the text, as well as new situational vignettes that illustrate typical parent-school situations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135196728
• ISBN13: 9780135196724
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Only Swick's Book Is Better.

This book has everything from parent involvement to parent teacher conferencing to the very best history of parent education/involvement that I have EVER seen. If you can't find any book by Kevin Swick, then get this one. Heck! Get 'em both! You can never do with enough ways to get parents involved with children during the early years.

A great step toward solid partnerships!

This book is comprehensive and easy to follow. It is useful for understanding the various perspectives of both teachers and families. I think it is essential for new teachers, as well as those who may feel the need to prioritize and start putting families and communication first! [...]

Parents as Partners in Education

ME ENCANTARIA QUE ME DIJERAN COMO PUEDO CONSEGUIR UNA COPIA DE ESTE EJEMPLAR TAN INTERESANTE. SOY ESTUDIANTE DE MAESTRIA Y SE QUE ME SERVIRA DE GRAN AYUDA EN UN CURSO QUE ESTOY TOMANDO ESTE SEMESTRE. GRACIAS MIL, CARLOS A. SILVA-RUIZ

This is a book for us all, families, teachers and students.

This is a very good book, it doesn't only focus on teachers but on parents and student as well. This book is easy to read, not heavy scientific language, and has very beautiful pictures. As a student and a mother I surely find everything I wish to read and know about "parents as partners in education". Thank you for a great book!

A comprehensive guide for all new teachers

This text supplies new teachers with necessary information to understand the importance of parent involvement- "parents as partners"- in education.