ED411048 PS025659
Title: Family-School Links: How Do They Affect Educational Outcomes?
Author(s): Booth, Alan, Ed.; Dunn, Judith F., Ed.
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0-8058-1840-5
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue,
Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262 ($29.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020); Guides--Non-classroom
(055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Pennsylvania
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1998
This book
explores issues related to the links between families and schools
and how they affect children's educational achievement, and is organized
as follows: Part 1, titled "Families and Schools: How Can They
Work Together To Promote Children's School Success?" contains
the following chapters: chapter 1, "Family Involvement in Chidrens'
and Adolescents' Schooling" (Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Rena
D. Harold); chapter 2, "The Structural Context of Family-School
Relations" (Sanford M. Dornbusch and Kristan L. Glasgow); chapter
3, "Parents as Full Partners in Education" (Norris M.
Haynes and Michael Ben-Avie); and chapter 4, "Assessing Parent
Involvement in Schooling: A Critical Analysis" (Annette Lareau).
Part 2, titled "How Do School Processes Affect Children and
Their Families?" contains the following chapters: chapter 5,
"Schools and Children at Risk" (Karl L. Alexander and
Doris R. Entwisle); chapter 6, "Inequality in Educational Achievement:
Families Are the Source, but Are Schools a Prophylactic?" (Thomas
D. Cook); chapter 7, "Effects of Schooling on Children and
Families" (Adam Gamoran); chapter 8, "Schools, Children
at Risk, and Suffessful Interventions" (Claude Goldenberg);
and chapter 9, "Further Comments on Seasonal Learning"
(Doris R. Entwisle and Karl L. Alexander). Part 3, titled "How
is Changing Family Structure Affecting School Outcomes?" consists
of: chapter 10, "Family Change and Student Achievement: What
We Have Learned, What It Means for Schools" (Nicholas Zill);
chapter 11, "Changes in Families and Trends in Schooling"
(Robert D. Mare); chapter 12, "Family Composition, Family Interaction,
and Children's Academic and Behavior Problems: Interpreting the
Data" (Elizabeth G. Menaghan); and chapter 13, "Toward
a Balanced View of Family Change" (Fiane Scott-Jones). Part
4 titled: "Building Research and Policy Agendas: New Directions"
contists of: chapter 14, "Perspectives and Previews on Research
and Policy for School, Family, and Community Partnerships"
(Joyce L. Epstein); chapter 15, "New National Directions in
Research and Policy" (Oliver C. Moles); chapter 16, "Research
and Practical Application for School, Family, and Community Partnerships"
(Gary M. Lloyd); chapter 17, "Family Diversity, Intellectual
Inequality, and Academic Achievement Among American Children (Daniel
T. Lichter); and chapter 18, "Family-School Links: An Overview"
(Karen L. Bierman). Includes and author index and a subject index.
(SD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment; Educational Benefits; Elementary
Secondary Education; Family Involvement; *Family Role; *Family School
Relationship; *Outcomes of Education; Parent Child Relationship;
Parent Influence; *Parent Participation; *Parent Role; *Parent School
Relationship; Parents; Partnerships in Education; School Involvement;
School Role; Student School Relationship
Identifiers: *Family Research
