Bruce A. Ryan, Gerald R. Adams, Thomas P. Gullotta

The Family-School Connection

Theory, Research, and Practice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is the nature of the relationships between family variables and children's successes in school? An examination of this question is the basis of this volume. Building on a model for evaluating the relationships between families, schools and children, the contributors analyze: how school achievement is influenced by parent-child interactions; how early adolescents are affected by the overlapping `spheres of influence' of school, family, community and peer group; and how family environment influences educational attainment. Other issues discussed include: education for children with learning difficulties; school truancy; and the effects of parental discord and divorce on children's learning. In conclusion, the book offers examples of prev

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9780803973060
• ISBN-10: 0803973063
• Artikelnr.: 37039661

Autorenporträt

Prevention, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT.
Personality and Social Development, University of Guelph.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor
s Introduction - Thomas P Gullotta It Is in Our Best Interest PART ONE: PROCESSES The Family-School Relationships Model - Bruce A Ryan and Gerald R Adams Inquiring into Children
s Social Worlds - Ellen S Amatea and Peter A D Sherrard A Choice of Lenses Parent-Child Interactions and School Achievement - Diane Scott-Jones National Patterns of School and Family Connections in the Middle Grades - Joyce L Epstein and Seyong Lee The Impact of Family Environment on Educational Attainment - Jay D Teachman, Randal D Day and Karen Price Carver Do Families Make a Difference? PART TWO: ISSUES High Achievement, Underachievement and Learning Disabilities - Robert-Jay Green A Family Systems Model Children
s School Performance - Rex Forehand, Lisa Armistead and Karla Klein The Roles of Interparental Conflict and Divorce Truancy, Family Processes, and Interventions - Jane Corville-Smith The Family Resource Center - Robert W Plant and Patricia A King A Community-Based System of Family Support Services Intergenerational Influences on Child Outcomes - Annette U Rickel and Evvie Becker-Lausen Implications for Prevention and Intervention