Opening Doors, Opening Opportunities

by Paratore/IRA, Jeanne R.

• ISBN13: 9780205274925
• ISBN10: 0205274927
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This book provides direction to teachers who wish to work collaboratively with linguistically and culturally-different parents to increase children's opportunities to learn both at home and at school. Opening Doors, Opening Opportunities describes the development and implementation of the Intergenerational Literacy Project, a family literacy project for immigrant parents and their children. It provides detailed descriptions of parents, children, and teachers who participated, the strategies that guided instruction, and the assessment process used to evaluate outcomes. Samples of student work combined with in-depth case studies are included to provide instructional strategies and snapshots of everyday lives of parents and their children. educators working with children from families of linguistically and culturally diverse communities.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Figures and Tables	p. xiii
Understanding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families and Family Literacies	p. 1
Literacy in the Twenty-first Century	p. 1
What Does It Mean to Be Literate?	p. 4
Learning about Families and Family Literacies	p. 7
Family Literacy Programs as a Bridge between Home and School	p. 16
The Intergenerational Literacy Project	p. 19
The Community	p. 19
Guiding Educational Principles	p. 21
The Principles in Action	p. 30
Summary	p. 52
Is It Working? Reviewing the Evidence	p. 53
Theoretical Assumptions	p. 54
Assessment Measures We Use	p. 56
What Have We Learned?	p. 56
Summary of the Evidence	p. 81
Bringing Parents and Teachers Together to Help Children Learn	p. 83
Parents' Perceptions of Roles and Responsibilities	p. 84
The Importance of the Actions Teachers Take	p. 85
Acting on the Evidence: Home-School Partnerships and the Intergenerational Literacy Project	p. 88
Summary	p. 98
Learning and Thinking about Families, Schools, and Communities	p. 100
Learning about Adult and Family Literacies	p. 100
Learning about Family Literacy Programs	p. 104
Learning about Children and School Literacies	p. 108
Learning about Home-School Partnerships	p. 109
Looking Back and Looking Forward	p. 111
Learner Intake Interview	p. 113
Learner Exit Interview	p. 121
Writing Evaluation Rubric	p. 127
Teacher Seminar Readings	p. 129
References	p. 131
Index	p. 139
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