Full Description
School and educational achievement is dependent on many complex factors and is usually seen as the key outcome measure by which school effectiveness can be judged. Originally published in 2000, this book aimed to establish whether or not educational achievement can in part be ascribed to the quality and range of home-school links. It provided a timely contribution to the continuing debate at the time on the pivotal relationship between schools and the families which form their constituencies.
Government initiatives such as the Literacy and Numeracy Strategies and Sure Start acknowledged the importance of parental involvement. This book enabled all those interested in education to evaluate the educational benefits of a home-school relationship between pupils, parents, teachers and schools.
Contents
Foreword by Professor Peter Mortimore. Biographical Details of Contributors. Part 1 1. Effective Schools for the Future: Incorporating the Parental and Family Dimension Sheila Wolfendale 2. 'I Know it Works! ... Actually Proving it is the Problem!': Examining the Contribution of Parents to Pupil Progress and School Effectiveness John Bastiani 3. New Coalitions for Promoting School Effectiveness John MacBeath Part 2 4. INSPIRE Beryl Bateson 5. An LEA Perspective on Parental Involvement Sue Barnes 6. The Contribution of Parents to School Effectiveness: Newham's City Challenge Action for Achievement Project Bala Bawa 7. Parents and the School Working Together to Achieve Success: One School's Experience Angus Hardie and Margaret Alcorn Part 3 8. Starting Early with Books Barrie Wade and Maggie Moore 9. 'Am I Doing It Right?' SHARE - A National Parental Involvement Programme Lisa Capper 10. ICT as a Catalyst - Parental Involvement in the National Literacy Association Docklands Learning Acceleration Project Ray Barber and Glen Franklin. Index.
