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- 1. Introduction of the course
- 2. Who is the course for? Parents Stake holders Research communities Developers Parents organisations Child/youth policy makers Rural Schools, hospitalized children and Roma families
- 3. To consider practical ideas for supporting children's personal development and school achievement To reflect on challenges for educational success To identify daily practices in order to promote children's personal development and academic achievement To design innovative strategies to build family and school environments that help all children, irrespective of their socioeconomic, geographical, cultural or ethical background, gender, health condition or family circumstances What is the course for?
- 4. What is in it? Resources focusing on five policy challenges for educational success and schools-families-communities partnerships Textual and audio-visual of a specific challenge for educational success and schools-families- communities partnerships (for families in general, with children in hospitals, rural families and roman families) Tools for organizing reflective activities on five challenges related to educational success and schools-families-communities partnerships Recommendations on how to promote educational success and schools-families-communities partnerships
- 5. Supporting parenting Learning Together CommunicationVolunteering Participating and Collaborating with the Community What are the five policy challenges for educational success and schools-families-communities partnerships?
- 7. Definition: • Assist families with parenting skills, family support, understanding child and adolescent development, and setting home conditions to support learning at each age and grade level. • Assist schools in understanding families' backgrounds, cultures, and goals for children. Expected results for children: • Change of attitude towards learning • Being treated as competent, responsible persons for their own learning • Increased well-being troughs a whole child development approach • Positive personal qualities, habits, beliefs, and values, as taught by family • Accepting parents, relatives, community members and non- teaching school staff as learning facilitators. Expected results for parents: • Understanding of and confidence about parenting and child development, and changes in home conditions (or other related settings) for learning as children proceed through school. • Holistic approach to the development of their own children • Awareness of own and others' challenges in parenting. • Feeling of support from school or other related settings, community entities and other parents. • Awareness of their own skills learnt through parenting. Challenge1: SupportingParenting
- 9. Definition: • Involve families in their children’s learning at home or in other settings with special focus on academic knowledge building, including homework, goal setting, and other curriculum and leisure time-related activities. • Encourage teachers or other related professionals as well as parents to design learning tasks that motivate the learning of children and their own. Expected results for children: • Gains in skills and abilities linked to learning and academic work. • Positive attitude toward learning and academic work. • Self-concept of ability as learner. • Awareness of the aim and process of learning, the child and the parent as a learner Expected results for parents: • Know how to support, enjoy, encourage, and help children's learning. • Understanding of the curriculum in each subject. • Appreciation and critical view of teaching skills.
- 11. Definition: • Two-way communication of families (children and their parents) and schools (or other related settings) on programs and learning progress. Create two-way communication channels between teachers (or other related professionals), children, parents and others involved in education. Expected results for children: • Being treated as equal, competent partners • Awareness of their own progress and the responsibility for their own learning • Better outcomes in the field of academic progress as well as skills development • Higher self-esteem. Expected results for parents: • Understanding and having a critical approach to school or other related settings, programs and policies. • Monitoring and awareness of child's progress. • Responding effectively to students' difficulties. • Interactions with teachers and ease of communication with school and teachers
- 13. Definition: •Improve recruitment, training, activities, and schedules to involve families and community members as volunteers at school and school staff in other locations. Enable different educators to work together for and with students and school. Expected results for children: •Skill in communicating with other people regardless their age group. •Increased development of skills – both related to school education and others that can only or better developed informally and non- formally. •Awareness of the variety of skills, talents, occupations, and contributions of parent, peers and other community members. Expected results for parents: •Awareness, acceptance and probably validation of their various skills •Understanding teachers’ or other related professionals' job, increased comfort in school and other educational environments. •Self-confidence about ability to contribute to the work of schools and other related settings and with children or to take steps to improve own education. •Awareness of the importance o families being welcome and valued at school and in other related community settings. •Gains in specific skills of volunteer work. Challenge 4: Volunteering
- 14. Challenge 5: Participating and Collaborating with the Community
- 15. Definition: • Improve recruitment, training, activities, and schedules to involve families and community members as volunteers at school and school staff in other locations. Enable different educators to work together for and with students and school. Expected results for children: • Skill in communicating with other people regardless their age group. • Increased development of skills – both related to school education and others that can only or better developed informally and non- formally. • Awareness of the variety of skills, talents, occupations, and contributions of parent, peers and other community members. Expected results for parents: • Awareness, acceptance and probably validation of their various skills • Understanding teachers’ or other related professionals' job, increased comfort in school and other educational environments. • Self-confidence about ability to contribute to the work of schools and other related settings and with children or to take steps to improve own education. • Awareness of the importance o families being welcome and valued at school and in other related community settings. • Gains in specific skills of volunteer work. Challenge 5: Participating and Collaborating with the Community
- 16. What the course aims at? 1. To help parents reflect upon: - Lifelong learning and a holistic approach to the well-being of their children - Good practices to support children's development, competence building for educational success. - State-of-the-art research results on educational success as a means to improve children's school achievement and personal development, as well as school effectiveness. 2. To help parents check their own practice ideas about: - Practical changes they can make to support their children's education, including school achievement and personal development. - How parents might support educational success by cooperating with their children's school, or in other schools or across a school system. 3. To stimulate parents' attitudes and values on: - How to create family and school cultures that value achievement, skills, diversity, and promote fairness and lifelong learning. - How in a particular context, educational success practices based on those attitudes and values can be developed and supported.
- 17. For self-learning For shared learning in a virtual community through dialogue with other parents, community members, and school staff. How the course might be used?