Foundational Aspects of Family-School Partnership Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sheridan, Susan M. (Editor), Moorman Kim, Elizabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Research on Family-School Partnerships ; 1
• Subjects: Psychology.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Family.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Sociology, general.

This volume focuses on how family-school partnerships are conceptualized, defined, and operationalized as well as the research that is needed to advance these foundational issues. Each chapter integrates prevailing approaches into a research-based framework for supporting learning from pre-K through...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Foundational Aspects of Family-School Connections: Definitions, Conceptual Frameworks, and Research Needs; Elizabeth Moorman Kim, Susan M. Sheridan
• Chapter 2. Core Components of Family-School Connections: Toward a Model of Need Satisfying Partnerships;  Wendy S. Grolnick, Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer
• Chapter 3. Diverse Perspectives of Parents, Diverse Concepts of Parent Involvement and Participation: What Can They Suggest to Researchers?; Carolyn Pope Edwards, Traci Shizu Kutaka
• Chapter 4. Capturing Family-School Partnership Constructs Over Time: Creating Developmental Measurement Models; Deborah L. Bandalos, Katherine A. Raczynski
• Chapter 5. Measuring Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Education; Eva M. Pomerantz, Jennifer D. Monti
• Chapter 6. Family-School Partnerships in a Context of Urgent Engagement: Rethinking Models, Measurement, and Meaningfulness; Christine M. McWayne.