Understanding Family Diversity and Home - School Relations: A Guide for Students and Practitioners in Early Years and Primary Settings

ISBN-13: 9780415694032 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 200 str.

Gianna Knowles; Radhika Holmstrom

Opis

How can adults in early years and primary schools fully embrace the diverse nature of family life of the children they are working with? This essential text will help students and those already working with children to understand both theoretically and practically, what may constitute a 'family'.

Spis treści

1. Families, home-school relations and achievement  2. Families, Identity and cultural heritage  3. Mixed Race families  4. Immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker families  5. Step-families and step-parenting  6. Gay and Lesbian families and Gay and Lesbian Parenting  7. Families, disability and mental health  8. When family life breaks down – fostering and children in care  9. Families and adoption  10. Families living in poverty  11. Families and bereavement