Responses to Michelle Fine's " Apparent Involvement: Reflections on Parents, Power, and Urban Public Schools.".

Bowditch, Christine; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ478547

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Responses to Michelle Fine's " Apparent Involvement: Reflections on Parents, Power, and Urban Public Schools."

Bowditch, Christine; And Others

Teachers College Record, v95 n2 p177-84 Win 1993

Three articles respond to a paper on parent involvement in urban schools. One recommends that schools make teachers responsible for motivating students, with emphasis on classroom instruction. Another presses for pedagogies that engage questions of cultural hegemony. A third emphasizes the importance of constant discussion of the subject. (SM)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Multicultural Education, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility, Parent School Relationship, Public Schools, School Culture, Student Motivation, Teacher Responsibility, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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