Family Portfolios: Portraits of Children and Families

Describes the compilation of family portfolios, which provide students an opportunity to practice home-school communication in parent education courses within undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. It delineates the process used to gather information about selected children and famil...

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Published inPreventing school failure Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 57 - 62
Main Authors Dodd, Elizabeth L., Lilly, Dana H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1997
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Elementary Secondary Education
Family Environment
Higher Education
Parent Education
Parent School Relationship
Parent Teacher Cooperation
Portfolios (Background Materials)
Preservice Teacher Education
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Summary:Describes the compilation of family portfolios, which provide students an opportunity to practice home-school communication in parent education courses within undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. It delineates the process used to gather information about selected children and families, to plan developmentally appropriate home learning activities, and to compile the family portfolios into useful reference materials. (DB)
ISSN:1045-988X
1940-4387
DOI:10.1080/10459889709603269