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Having our cake and eating it too.
Very recently, I received an email from Tom Schell of Waterloo, Ontario. Tom wrote, “I need your wisdom in finding a way to have my cake and eat it too. We know how to create parent engagement, but how do we do it alongside ensuring the safety of our elementary students?” (Personal communication, January 14, 2009).
Continue reading...Parent Knowledge
13. July 2008
To become a parent does not require a formal education which imparts theoretical and professional knowledge. Parents, necessarily then, draw on their “personal practical knowledge” (Clandinin, 1986) in their parenting practices. They learn about children ...
Continue reading...Parent Engagement
13. July 2008
Parent engagement has the potential to create a story of a shared world in which educators and parents lay their knowledge alongside one another in schools to support and enhance the learning outcomes of children ...
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22. February 2009
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