Supporting Black pupils and parents : understanding and improving home-school relations /
Cork, Lorna, 1958-
Supporting Black pupils and parents : understanding and improving home-school relations / Lorna Cork ; with a foreword by Doreen Lawrence. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introductory insights; The context; Some issues; The focus; The research strategy; An overview of the chapters; Chapter 2 A parent is a parent is a parent?; The 1980s: A pivotal decade of protest and policy; The 1990s and beyond the millennium; Key policy developments; Theoretical insights; Culture and cultural capital; Chapter 3 Linkaid: 'You're here for the school'; Home-school liaison: salient features; Support to pupils and their families: case studies; School one: Actdale; Chamberlain and his family; 'We told them from day one'
Focusing on contemporary situations and the real issues behind the statistics, Lorna Cork uses case studies and her own extensive teaching experience to explore the day-to-day needs and expectations of black parents and their children in education.
9780203462966 (electronic bk.) 0203462963 (electronic bk.)
Students, Black--Social conditions.
Home and school.
Parent-teacher relationships.
Discrimination in education.
Relations parents-maîtres.
Discrimination en éducation.
EDUCATION--Students & Student Life.
Discrimination in education.
Home and school.
Parent-teacher relationships.
Students, Black--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
LC2699 / .C67 2005eb
371.829/96041
Supporting Black pupils and parents : understanding and improving home-school relations / Lorna Cork ; with a foreword by Doreen Lawrence. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introductory insights; The context; Some issues; The focus; The research strategy; An overview of the chapters; Chapter 2 A parent is a parent is a parent?; The 1980s: A pivotal decade of protest and policy; The 1990s and beyond the millennium; Key policy developments; Theoretical insights; Culture and cultural capital; Chapter 3 Linkaid: 'You're here for the school'; Home-school liaison: salient features; Support to pupils and their families: case studies; School one: Actdale; Chamberlain and his family; 'We told them from day one'
Focusing on contemporary situations and the real issues behind the statistics, Lorna Cork uses case studies and her own extensive teaching experience to explore the day-to-day needs and expectations of black parents and their children in education.
9780203462966 (electronic bk.) 0203462963 (electronic bk.)
Students, Black--Social conditions.
Home and school.
Parent-teacher relationships.
Discrimination in education.
Relations parents-maîtres.
Discrimination en éducation.
EDUCATION--Students & Student Life.
Discrimination in education.
Home and school.
Parent-teacher relationships.
Students, Black--Social conditions.
Electronic books.
LC2699 / .C67 2005eb
371.829/96041