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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