Italian teachers are not new to the task of involving parents: their attitudes and practices are the results of many years of debate, research and training on these issues. However, the increasing number of children of immigrants is challenging their taken for granted assumptions on how best to engage in dialogue with parents. In the presentation, through some examples from a research study that gave voice to teachers and parents in preschools in different Italian cities, we will discuss the need to sustain teachers in developing meaningful relationships with parents that involve listening and discussion on the means and the ends of educating young children.
Bove, C. (2011). How teachers talk and think about parents in ECEC in Italy today. In E. Catarsi, J.P. Pourtois (a cura di), Educazione familiare e servizi per l'infanzia. EDucation Familiale Et Service Pour L'Enfance. XIII Congresso internazionale, Firenze, 17-19 novembre 2010 : (pp. 218-222). Firenze : Firenze University Press.
How teachers talk and think about parents in ECEC in Italy today
BOVE, CHIARA MARIA
2011
Abstract
Italian teachers are not new to the task of involving parents: their attitudes and practices are the results of many years of debate, research and training on these issues. However, the increasing number of children of immigrants is challenging their taken for granted assumptions on how best to engage in dialogue with parents. In the presentation, through some examples from a research study that gave voice to teachers and parents in preschools in different Italian cities, we will discuss the need to sustain teachers in developing meaningful relationships with parents that involve listening and discussion on the means and the ends of educating young children.
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