EJ593721 PS529719
Title: The New Faces of Head Start: Learning from Culturally Diverse
Families.Author(s): Quintero, Elizabeth
Source: Early Education and Development, v10 n4 p475-97 Oct 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 1040-9289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141); Reports--
Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR2000
Revisited
two family-literacy projects with a participatory focus and including
participants from marginalized groups. Found that practice based
on research findings shows that Head Start can build rapport through
an informal, nonthreatening environment in which staff help parents
feel welcomed and comfortable so they share important sociocultural
meanings in their lives. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Cultural Differences; *Cultural Pluralism; *Culturally
Relevant Education; *Early Childhood Education; Family (Sociological
Unit); *Family Literacy; *Preschool Education; Program Effectiveness;
Young Children
Identifiers: *Project Head Start
