Relationships between families and schools: fostering communication and collaboration

Green, Nicole and Tzuo, Pei Wen (2018) Relationships between families and schools: fostering communication and collaboration. In: Engaging beginning teachers, 3rd ed. Pearson Education South Asia, Singapore, pp. 211-231. ISBN 9789813133761

Abstract

With the changing context of education in Singapore, integration, inclusion and community practices will continue to dominate and will constitute the future landscape of education. Teaching is no longer an exclusively didactic instruction where certain information is to be given, where certain lessons are to be learned, or where certain habits are to be formed (Eisner, 2004). Rather, teaching and learning occurs within a school and in classrooms which are a form of community life. In this community, diverse abilities are appreciated and varying teaching and learning approaches and strategies are employed to engage with the curriculum as well as in students' lives. This community life is like other communities of our everyday lives in which relationships are central to our experiences within this place and the other communities in which it is embedded.

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Item Type:	Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood (1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2019)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood (1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2019)
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2020 04:46
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2020 05:49
Uncontrolled Keywords:	schools; teaching and learning; diversity; inclusion; community; Singapore
Fields of Research (2008):	13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori) 13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (2020):	39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390304 Primary education 39 EDUCATION > 3999 Other Education > 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9302 Teaching and Instruction > 930201 Pedagogy C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9304 School/Institution > 930402 School/Institution Community and Environment
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/38671

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