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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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(Re)Considering Normal: Queering Social Norms for Parents and Teachers
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Bower, Laura; Klecka, Cari – Teaching Education, 2009
Recent debates regarding same-sex marriage and gay and lesbian adoption highlight the role of schools as sociopolitical institutions. Accordingly, teachers operating within social norms have considerable influence through their interactions with students and their families. Previous research points to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Child Rearing, Sexual Orientation, Parent School Relationship
"Out of Complacency and into Action": An Exploration of Professional Development Experiences in School/Home Literacy Engagement
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Egbert, Joy; Salsbury, Tom – Teaching Education, 2009
Parents can provide interaction that is crucial to student learning. Helping teachers connect students' home and school lives and assisting parents in understanding possible roles in student learning can contribute to student achievement. A one-year funded project focused on: (1) helping teachers involve parents in the literacy achievement of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parents as Teachers, Parent School Relationship
Making Learning Visible in Kindergarten Classrooms: Pedagogical Documentation as a Formative Assessment Technique
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Buldu, Mehmet – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This study investigated interactions between pedagogical documentation--a formative assessment technique and instructional intervention designed to increase student learning by recording children's experiences--and kindergarten children, families and teachers in the UAE. The study sample comprised six teachers in six kindergarten classrooms, 141…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Parents, Parent School Relationship
Are Schools Meeting Their Clients' Expectations? Parents Voice Their Perceptions about Children Learning to Read in Schools Today
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Fletcher, Jo; Greenwood, Janinka; Parkhill, Faye – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This research, as part of a larger project examining effective reading instruction for 10-12 year old students, explores the perceptions of thirteen parents in six schools. The study identified: parents recognise their engagement in reading with their children impacts on children's motivation to read; parents have concerns about the degree to…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Parent Attitudes, Preadolescents, Teaching Methods
The Note of Discord: Examining Educational Perspectives between Teachers and Korean Parents in the U. S.
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Kwon, Kyee Yum; Suh, Younjung; Bang, Yoo-Seon; Jung, Jeesun; Moon, Seungho – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This study examined and compared the educational perspectives of Korean parents of elementary school students and their teachers. 430 parents and 143 teachers in the New York metropolitan area participated in the survey and 16 teachers, administrators, and parents were interviewed. The findings indicated that the teachers not only misunderstood…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools
When Two Elephants Fight the Grass Suffers: Parents and Teachers Working Together to Support the Literacy Development of Sudanese Youth
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Walker-Dalhouse, Doris; Dalhouse, A. Derick – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
Reading achievement and academic challenges of Sudanese children were investigated. Sudanese parents, and their children, and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers were interviewed. Parents' and children's interviews were transcribed and four themes were generated from the data: Cultural Differences/Practices; Parent roles and expectations;…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Cultural Differences, Literacy, English (Second Language)