Ch10 Flashcards
What is better than parent participation?
Parent involvement
What should a teacher communicate to the family and community w.r.t. teaching their children?
It is a great honor and joy
What do some Asian cultures believe about the responsibility of their child’s education?
It is fully the school’s responsibility
What type of family/community support should be avoided?
Compensatory, where the support is to make up for believed deficiencies
What is a “cultural deficit” outlook and what does it overlook?
- Failure of students to meet expectations is the fault of the families and communities
- Institutional racism and discrimination
What do literary researchers believe is key to a child’s success at school?
The child’s literary experiences at home
Describe the deficit based view that is based on the idea that a student’s literary experience at home is key to success? ** What does this view ignore?
- Intervention/Prevention
Schools document/track take home activities that families can replicate at home. Failure to satisfactorily complete –> - Families are unsupportive
- Impoverished home environment
- Lowered expectations
** Ignores the ways families DO support their children’s schooling
What are the two non-deficit based “Perspectives” based that the idea that a student’s literary experience at home is key to success?
- Multiple Literacies:
Encourages using families as a resource - reinforces respect and trust - Social Change: ML + helps families take action against oppressive forces that cause economic & social instability
Asset view educators don’t speak of family “involvement” they speak of family ___
Participation
What can schools do to help families beyond teaching? (2)
- Ensure they are aware of support
- Reduce stress and isolation
What is true about participating parents?
They will feel empowered to be involved in other ways
What makes for the easiest partnership between teacher and parent?
Speaking the same language
What types of contact other than face-to-face are good for parent-teacher contact?
- Telephone calls
- Online meetings
What can be useful for bi-literate students to produce to assist in home-school contact?
Home-School Newsletter
What can help in gaining trust from EL families?
Learn a few phrases
What is part of students’ linguistic heritage?
Intra language differences and dialects
What is true about sharing a language vs. sharing a culture?
Cultures may share a language yet be very different
What historical sociopolitical difference is an example of how these differences may create tensions between the teacher and a family?
North and South Vietnam
Some cultures are divided by Americanized immigrants and __
just comes
For the Japanese in the US, what is a source of same-cultural differences?
The number of generations in the US
What is useful to learn for a teacher in an EL community?
The dominant community language
What two benefits come from a teacher understanding home family habits?
- Find a time and place for study
- Use resources available to the family
What is valuable to match with schoolwork?
Nonacademic knowledge from the community
What can including a communities’ employee bring to a class?
Relatable way to inspire lessons: Marble/Granite worker:
- Geography (Location mined)
- Geology (formation of rock)
- Math (Kitchen counter cost)
