Families, Schools, and Communities

A comprehensive guide for teachers to establish collaborative relationships with parents/families and the larger community. Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children offers pre-service educators practical guidance to establish strong links with families and the larger community that focus on making the learning experience more productive and more positive for all concerned. It gives school teachers, child care teachers, and other professionals the understanding and tools they need to work with family and community members to give children a rich education. This new edition helps students to develop a firm understanding of the context of children's and their families' lives, includes a number of outstanding pedagogical features designed to ensure teaching and learning success, and addresses and highlights areas of critical importance in education today. Also available with the Enhanced Pearson eText The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded videos and self-check quizzes. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; the Enhanced Pearson eText does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with the Enhanced Pearson eText, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and the Enhanced Pearson eText, search for: 0134747364 / 9780134747361 Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children with Enhanced Pearson eText-- Access Card Package Package consists of: 013474778X / 9780134747781 Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children -- Access Card 013474781X / 9780134747811 F amilies, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children