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EJ429060 PS518531

Title: Research and Practice in Parent Involvement: Implications for Teacher Education.
Author(s): Greenwood, Gordon E.; Hickman, Catherine W.
Source: Elementary School Journal, v91 n3 p279-88 Jan 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0013-5984
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1991

Discusses the nature of parent involvement, barriers to parent involvement, and ways to overcome these barriers. Teachers interact with the parent as audience, volunteer, paraprofessional, teacher of his or her own child, learner, and decision maker. Ten recommendations for teacher education are offered. (BC)

Descriptors: Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; *Elementary School Teachers; Parent Attitudes; *Parent Participation; *Parent Teacher Cooperation; *Parents; Parents as Teachers; *Teacher Education; *Teacher Education Programs
Identifiers: Parents as Volunteers in Education