U8 - Partnerships in Education Flashcards
P88-89 Barriers to effective home-school relationships (6)
- -Good relationship between parents and educators usually difficult to achieve because of the following barriers:
- -Limited time of parents & educators to meet
- -Parents are unsure of how to get involved in school activities
- -Educators have not been trained to work with parents
- -Not able to give opportunities for parents to get involved
- -Not able to support parents with parenthood responsibilities
P87 Key areas of home - Learning at home (5)
- -Not all parents can get involved at school
- -but all parents can support children’s education
- -Most parents want to support children’s learning but don’t know how
- -School can create homework policy – can get consultation form students & parents
- -Communicate policy to parents regularly
P87 Key areas of home-school relations - Communication (6)
- -2 way communication between school & home
- -Can involve information on school programmes & children’s progress
- -Can be verbal – parent meeting or written – school newsletter
- -Educators can meet parents through parent evening & conferences at school
- -Can also meet at alternative venues such as church halls & community centres
- -Less intimidating to some parents – may indicate school is reaching out to community
- -Schools hold many meetings per year but don’t usually give parents opportunity to initiate communication
P87 Key areas of home-school relations - Assisting parents with parenting tasks (7)
- -Many caregivers of children can’t deal with their responsibilities of parenthood
- -Educators can support them by offering workshops on
- Discipline
- Developmental stages of child,
- Safety
- Nutrition
- Home conditions for supporting education
P87 Key areas of home-school relations - Volunteering (7)
- -Educators need to create programmes that involve recruiting, training & organising parents as volunteers for different activities so needs of school can be met
- -Includes:
- Fundraising
- Field trips
- Coaching sports
- Tutoring learners – should be aware of confidentiality & work closely with educators
- -Should get training in instructional & curricular strategies
- -Should be valued for work
- -Parent or Community file can be created by school to list all expertise or hobbies of parents or community members that can be shared with school
- -Parents can visit schools to talk about careers or hobbies
- -Makes students aware of connection between education & work
P87 Key areas of home-school relations (4)
- -Learning at home
- -Volunteering
- -Assisting parents with parenting tasks
- -Communication
- -Decision making
P87 Key areas of home-school relations - Decision making (5)
- -Shouldn’t just be responsibility of governing body
- -All parents should be consulted on issues concerning children
- -Consultation empowers parents
- -Develops parent leaders & representatives
- -Democratic principles applied to relationship between school & parents
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership - Learners academic achievements improve (1)
–More successful at all levels if parents perform school activities & promote education at home
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership - Improved attitude of learners to school (2)
- -Student’s attitude towards learning is developed at home & depends on parents, learners & community.
- -Parents promote positive attitude towards education when they show interest in children’s education & have high expectations for their success
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership - Parents feel more positive about abilities to help children (1)
Partnership between parents & educators
–Improves interaction between parents & children at home
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership - Parents experience greater understanding of educators & problems (3)
Partnership between parents & educators
- -Allow parents to get to know educators as people
- -Encourages parents to respect dedication & competence of educators
- -Make parents aware that educators share concerns for children
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership - Benefits to educators & schools (3)
Partnership between parents & educators
- -Makes work more manageable for educators
- -Makes parents have a more positive view of school
- -Makes parents more supportive of school
P88 Benefits of effective home-school partnership (7)
- -Educators’ understanding of learners in care increases
- -Benefits to educators & schools
- -Parents experience greater understanding of educators & problems
- -Parents feel more positive about abilities to help children
- -Improved attitude of learners to school
- -Learners academic achievements improve
- -Increased self-esteem & decreased behavioural problems of learners
