Portals of promise : transforming beliefs and practices through a curriculum of parents /

Portals of promise : transforming beliefs and practices through a curriculum of parents /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pushor, Debbie, 1958-
Imprint:	Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, 2013.
Description:	xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Parent-teacher relationships -- Canada. Parent-teacher relationships. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9798270

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Other authors / contributors:	University of Saskatchewan. Department of Curriculum Studies. Parent Engagement Collaborative.
ISBN:	9462093857 9789462093850 9462093849 9789462093843
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Working with parents is a significant aspect of educators roles, yet it is rare to find curriculum in teacher education programs designed to prepare individuals to consider, in philosophical, theoretical, and pedagogical ways, who they will be in relationship with parents and why. Schools, therefore, remain hierarchical structures in which parents are marginalized in relation to decisions affecting teaching and learning.

Table of Contents:

Section 1. A curriculum of parents
section 2. Foundational conceptualizations underpinning a curriculum of parents
section 3. Stories of experience : kindergarten teachers living a new story with parents and families
section 4. Engaging with parents and families off the school landscape : bringing their lives onto the school landscape
section 5. Working side by side.