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EJ558617 PS527475

Title: Troubled Relationships in Early Childhood Education: Parent-Teacher Interactions in Ethnoculturally Diverse Child Care Settings.
Author(s): Bernhard, Judith K.; Lefebvre, Marie Louise; Kilbride, Kenise Murphy; Chud, Gyda; Lange, Rika
Source: Early Education and Development, v9 n1 p5-28 Jan 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 1040-9289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1998

Interviews with Canadian day care workers and minority parents showed that the two groups disagreed about why parents are not involved enough; were unaware of their basic differences in ECE goals; and disagreed substantially over what constitutes proper child-rearing methods. Discriminatory incidents were not uncommon at centers, although teachers were sometimes unaware of them. (EV)

Descriptors: Child Rearing; Cultural Differences; *Day Care; *Early Childhood Education; Ethnic Bias; Foreign Countries; *Minority Groups; *Parent Attitudes; Parent Participation; Racial Bias; *Racial Differences
Identifiers: Canada; *Caregiver Attitudes; Caregiver Behavior; *Parent Caregiver Relationship