This week’s assignment was
to find two Peer reviewed journals or articles that related to my research
topic. A child development professor suggested that I try the JSTOR data base
to find more articles about education. JSTOR is located under the general
database in the Brandman Leatherby libraries. There I found an excellent article
called, “Family Involvement and Educator
Outreach in Head Start: Nature, Extent, and Contributions to Early Literacy
Skills.” (Hindman & Morrison). This article is about a survey called, Family
and Child Experience Survey ( FACES) , that was conducted on 3,100 parents and
children, their teachers, and their site directors. It was conducted to reveal
if the current Head Start parent involvement program was effective. The other article
I found using the EBSCO Premier Data Base is titled, “Welfare-to-Work Single Mothers’ Perspectives on Parent Involvement in
Head Start: Implications for Parent-Teacher Collaboration.” (Bruckman &
Blanton) This article is about the efforts of the Head Start programs to
provide information to families about their child’s education and to encourage a
parent teacher collaboration that benefits both the child and their families. This
study focused on families headed by single mothers.
Resources:
Hindman, Annmarie H.
and Morrison, Fredrick J. (2011) “Family
involvement and Educator
Outreach in Head Start: Nature,
Extent, and Contributions to Early Literacy Skills.” The
Elementary School Journal, 111, No.
3: 359-386.
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/657651
Marilyn Bruckman and Priscilla W. Blanton(2003) “Welfare-to-Work Single Mothers’ Perspective
on Parent
Involvement in Head Start: Implications for Parent- Teacher Collaboration.”
Early
Childhood Education Journal, 30,
no.3: 145-150
Hi Julie! I am amazed at the ease in which you can locate information. I am envious at your ability to cite references, as that is now an obsticle for me. I have on my computer Microsoft 2007; included is an APA format option, but as of yet, I do not know how to use it. I Googled a You Tube video a teacher had done for his class, and that helped, but I am still in the beginnings of feeling adequate at this time.
ReplyDeleteThe Modesto City Schools Child Development Department has Head Start parents very involved. If I understand correctly, this a group which consists of a representative from each site, and within the group is a president and other positions held by its members. They have decision making voting rights such as hiring of new staff,and budget concerns. That might be a current informational source for your research as an active, ongoing organization. The contact number for the Child Development Department is 209-576-4600. Good luck!
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