Schools and Families in Partnership for Learning in Faith-Based Schools
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Mitchell, Annie, Chapman, Judith, McNamara, Sue and Horne, Marjorie. (2014). Schools and Families in Partnership for Learning in Faith-Based Schools. In In J. D. Chapman, S. McNamara and M. J Reiss & Y. Waghid (Ed.). International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools pp. 657 - 674 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8972-1_38
Authors | Mitchell, Annie, Chapman, Judith, McNamara, Sue and Horne, Marjorie |
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Editors | J. D. Chapman, S. McNamara and M. J Reiss & Y. Waghid |
Abstract | Across the international arena, the importance of families working with schools in the interests of improving learning for students is increasingly being recognised. This chapter discusses a system-wide reform effort by four Catholic dioceses in the Australian state of Victoria directed towards improving student outcomes through strengthening family-school-community partnerships; and the role of educational systems in supporting and enabling such reform. The reform effort was located in the Australian Commonwealth Governments’ Family – School Partnerships Framework for parent engagement, based on Epstein et al.’s (2002) categories of parent engagement. This provided a useful guide for considering the multiple dimensions of family school partnerships and student learning. These dimensions included: communicating; connecting learning at school and learning at home; building community and identity; recognising the role of the family; consultative decision-making; collaborating beyond the school; and participating. Based on data collected from nine case study schools, this chapter discusses school and system level impacts on improved links between parent participation and student learning. |
Page range | 657 - 674 |
Year | 2014 |
Book title | International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools |
Publisher | Springer |
ISBN | 9789401789714 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8972-1_38 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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