Seem unlikely? While many of us wish for perfect order, a smoothly running classroom is often elusive." (Gazin, 1999) One way to achieve a positive sense of discipline is to keep children interested in their learning, of course, through the own educator's enthusiasm and by incorprating different types of learning, such as kinesthetic and spatial learning
Parent's "extra hands, hearts, and heads benefit children -- and help keep you from burning the candle at both ends," says teacher Leslie Shalaway to her fellow eduactors. (Shalaway, 1994) Classroom management through parental involvement in the form of volunteering is one way to encourage parents to become more engaged with their children's educations, and takes some of the burden off of educators
comprise the best predictors of reading and spelling acquisition later, in school." (Aram, 2006, p
As educators have gained more responsibility and authority over children's education, they have realized that parental education and parent involvement become part of the equation. Although educators have normally considered themselves experts in teaching children, they acknowledge that without parental and community supports the job is much more difficult (Barbour & Barbour: Wright & Stegelin, 2003)
. A review of early childhood education and intervention literature suggests that these experiences can affect parents' current and future beliefs and practices (Barnard, 2001, p
" (2001) Brilliant notes the work of Bermudez (1994) who lists the benefits of involvement by culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) parents as follows: (1) improved student academic achievement; (2) increased language achievement; (3) improved overall school behavior and attendance; (4) sustained achievement gains; (5) improved attitudes and interest in science among adolescents; and (6) increased cognitive growth. (Brilliant, Factors that affect the success of parent involvement initiatives are stated to include: "Literacy in the home language and English
A number of solutions have been gleaned from the literature. "Programs designed with strong parent involvement produce students who perform dramatically better than students in otherwise identical programs that do not involve parents at all, or as well" (Henderson, 1999, p
A number of solutions have been gleaned from the literature. "Programs designed with strong parent involvement produce students who perform dramatically better than students in otherwise identical programs that do not involve parents at all, or as well" (Henderson, 1999, p
.fadeout of family involvement in kindergarten and the elementary grades, both early childhood programs and schools have to provide mechanisms for continuous family involvement (Kreider, 2002, p
" (Aram, 2006, p. 489) Sparagana (2007) states that the "type of pre-kindergarten experience directly influences students' readiness for kindergarten" (Sparagana, 2007, p
Parents are the children's first teachers and they are the most valuable source of all information regard to a child, their participation should be evaluated. "Throughout the school year I use a variety of communication methods to build and sustain solid relationships with parents" (Williams, 2007, p
It can be disruptive to the child of the disruptive parents and/or it can impact people that are nearby the situation as well. In their own ways, a disinterested parent can be just as bad as a "helicopter" parent (Aleccia, 2013)
The nexus of this sort of thing tends to be high school sports where parents will often deride coaches for playing another child over their own or get into spats with one another up to and including fisticuffs. This has even reared its head at the elementary school level let alone secondary sports for near-adults (Burbeck, 2011)
There are the obvious points of intervention like obvious abuse or neglect but there are other areas that are much more gray and much more hard to parse at times and a ham-handed approach by either the school or the parents will both fail the child in the end, more often than not. References Aleccia, J. (2013, May 26)
However, there are certain ideals and facets of morality that are vastly abused by some parents up to and including misuse and abuse of drugs (legal or illegal), racist ideology (of any type or source), bullying behavior and so forth. This sort of depravity is often disguised and withheld from immediate public view of school staff and/or administrators but it can often come to light at the least opportune times (Romo, 2013)
It is no surprise that with the rise of this phenomenon there is also a substantial increase in the number of "boomerang" children who return to their parents' home soon if not immediately after going to college or moving out or they just never move out of the parental home at all. It is true that the recent economic travails of the United States could be to blame for much if not most of that but to say that bad parenting is not a part of the problem is probably specious (Rowley, 2013)
One side clings more to faith and religion while the other focuses more on humanity and equality for all. Having these two very divergent points of thought combined with the fact that the public opinion on the subject is roughly 50/50 in many to most polls as well as the fact that some laws are being passed that are very controversial doesn't help things at all (Shih, 2011)
This came to life in a school in Wichita, Kansas in the last few weeks before this report when it was shown via a picture that a mural had been posted on the wall that says "The Five Pillars of Islam" (Tobias, 2013). Many parents express immediate and vitriolic disdain and the story got national coverage on Fox News, among other outlets (Starnes, 2013)
There are the obvious points of intervention like obvious abuse or neglect but there are other areas that are much more gray and much more hard to parse at times and a ham-handed approach by either the school or the parents will both fail the child in the end, more often than not. References Aleccia, J. (2013, May 26)
However, even a basic high-level view of Islam can lead to parents recoiling noticeably, early and often. This came to life in a school in Wichita, Kansas in the last few weeks before this report when it was shown via a picture that a mural had been posted on the wall that says "The Five Pillars of Islam" (Tobias, 2013)