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EJ418785 PS517885

Title: The Efficacy of a Parent-Teacher "Partnership" of the 1990s.
Author(s): Haseloff, Win
Source: Early Child Development and Care, v58 p51-55 May 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Notes: Early Childhood Policy and Research: Selected Papers from the OMEP 1989 World Congress, London. Special Issue. Kathy Sylva, Guest Editor.
ISSN: 0300-4430
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1991

Argues that it is fundamental for education that the interaction of teachers with parents and children be a reciprocal learning experience for all parties. If reciprocal negotiation and convention setting are missing from the partnership dialogue, it is the teacher's responsibility to implement methods whereby all partners grow as the skills of negotiation expand. (BG)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; Interpersonal Communication; *Parent Participation; *Parent School Relationship; *Parent Teacher Cooperation