Teachers as Collaborative Partners

Tutwiler, Sandra J. Winn

"Teachers as Collaborative Partners" assists future and inservice teachers in developing a research-based framework for understanding the dynamics of school, family, and community relations. It provides foundational knowledge important for under

PART I: EXPLORING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONTEXTS: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES, 1. Exploring Families Through Mothering Across Time and Cultures, 2. Family Structure and Membership: Multiple Meanings of Family, 3. Social and Cultural Contexts of Family Life, 4. Sources of Comfort, Sources of Distress: Neighborhoods and Communities, PART II: UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL-FAMILY INTERACTIONS: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, 5. From Political Agenda to Academic Strategy: The Sociopolitical Context of School-Family Relations, 6. Parental Attributes: Influence on Interactions With Schools, 7. Authority and Advocacy: Who Is Responsible for What?, PART III: CREATING MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIVE FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, 8. Communicating With Families and Communities, 9. Collaborating With Families and Communities: Support for Teaching and Learning, 10. Family, Community, and School Profile