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154. "Both parents and communities must be involved in the local schools. Education is too important to leave solely to a group of professional educators."人的教育是一项系统的教育工程,这里包含着家庭教育、社会教育、集体(托幼园所、学校)教育,三者相互关联且有机地结合在一起,相互影响、相互作用、相互制约.
父母和小区都必须参与到地方的学校中。教育太重要了以至于不能把教育完全交给一群职业教育者.
Schools are not "islands unto themselves." They are part of the fabric of a community. And formal education in school could be necessary and first important to children, yet, we need to be aware that our family and the community have equal responsibility to raise and educate the children. Therefore, Effective education involves close linkage between schools, families, and the larger community.
Since families play a critical role in their children’ growth and development, it seriously requires family-school collaboration, which is a cooperative process of brings together school staff, parents, and children, to maximize resources for child achievement and development. Parent involvement in school means that parents are actively or passively engaged in school’s affairs and help parents more fully participate in their children’s education both at home and at school through a variety of activities. First, educators need to learn a great deal about families from which their students come, such learning is useful for teachers to more fully understand their students’ characters and behavior. Thereby, they can better manage and reduce students’ inappropriate behavior by cooperation of parents and teachers. Secondly, through some programs parents learn how to supplement schoolwork by instructing their children at home in academic tasks such as reading and math. Third, parents’ regular meeting with staff can help address some problems and propose some plans. Finally, parents can serve as volunteers in social affairs, such as classroom aides, and even parents can develop a high degree of involvement. For instance, as a member of school development committee, parents can make a decision about some important problems. In a word, parents and staff share two-way information during the children’s process of learning and it is obvious that students are more successful in school (higher test scores, higher grades, better attendance, more positive attitudes and behavior, higher graduation rates) when their parents are actively involved. Parent involvement promotes a healthy and consistent learning environment by establishing mutual goal between parents and educators and developing activities that bridge home and school.
When this partnership is extended to include the larger community, the benefits are greater yet. New age calls for the genuine community involvement, because of the drastically growing divorce rate, the increasing unwed mother, and the diminish/reduce of parents’ spare time. If community members together concern about those miserable children, they undoubtedly benefit a lot from community throughout their life. The community also provides a unique resource, the opportunity to bridge the gap between the “real world” and that of the school. Students are able to see the connection between the curriculum in the school and the skills that are required in the real world. And communities offer a wide range of resources that are valuable to schools and the families they serve. These resources include people who volunteer their time in the school, organizations that offer enrichment opportunities, businesses that offer career-related information and workplace experiences, and agencies that provide various social services for students and families. Further, such activities are also conducive to children’s learning: 1) open other community facilities and churches as neighborhood-based safe havens and meeting sites for parent-teacher conferences and other school-related gatherings 2)use businesses and community organizations to help students with special projects; 3) sponsor bands, athletics, arts programs, clubs, and other wholesome activities for students. Perhaps most important is that when responsibility for children's learning is shared by the school, home, and community, children have more opportunities for meaningful, engaged learning.
Schools don't operate in a vacuum. Parent and community involvement are essential ingredients -- perhaps the most crucial components -- of building stronger schools and increasing student achievement. Parents and communities have a mutual responsibility to become involved in schools and to open and carry on dialogues. When families and community members volunteer their time and talent in the schools, both schools and students increase their capacity to do more and to do it better," Strong families and strong schools make strong communities. Strong communities make a strong nation! |
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