Bridging Cultures Between Home and School

Introduces prospective/in-service teachers to an anthropological framework & to research & practice base that will help them be more successful in teaching students from various immigrant cultures. Focuses on home-school communication & parent involvemen

Elise Trumbull (Author) ,  Carrie Rothstein-Fisch (Author) ,  Patricia M. Greenfield (Author) ,  Blanca Quiroz (Author)

Contents: Preface. The Bridging Cultures Framework. Parent Involvement: Recommended But Not Always Successful. The Cross-Cultural Parent-Teacher Conference. Learning What Works. Teachers as Researchers. Conclusion: The Challenge of Coming Together. Appendix: The Bridging Cultures Project in Brief.