Abstract |
The article provides a rationale and description of a constructivist parent–teacher approach used to support preservice teachers’ understandings of relationships between home and school. Using a critical theoretical framing of policy, social science, and enacted curriculum, the authors ask readers to consider moving away from proscribed models of home–school relationships to a partnering lens which allows teachers to view their initial communications as a crucial teacher-learning endeavor. With this approach, preservice teachers are constructing their understanding of parents’ views of children, uncovering resources and parents ideals, and empowering themselves to deconstruct/reconstruct images of families in a more just framework.
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Recommended Citation |
Kroeger, Janice; Lash, Martha (2011). Asking, Listening, and Learning: Toward a More Thorough Method of Inquiry in Home-School Relations.. Teaching and Teacher Education 27(2) 268-277. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.08.010. Retrieved from https://oaks.kent.edu/tlcspubs/4
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