Empowering Parents and Teachers: Working for Children (Introduction to Education)

This text places the theory within the appropriate sociological, political and educational contexts, identifies the key arguments, sums up the current state of the debate, and identifies future questions and issues. Each chapter in this anlaysis of parental involvement and home-school links covers a specific topic area. The author looks at the increasing representation of parents in education and their contribution to school processes. She draws extensively on her own professional experience, outlining theories and research work. The book should encourage trainee teachers to explore the theories underlying home-school initiative with a view to developing their own effective practice. It is aimed at primarily teachers in training as well as lecturers, those on in-service courses, inspectors, advisors, advisory teachers and educational psychologists.