Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica's Education System - Softcover

Saran Stewart (editor)|Sharline Cole (editor)|Yewande Lewis-Fokum (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766409021 ISBN 13: 9789766409029

Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press, 2022

Synopsis

Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica’s Education System is a collection of research studies and essays across multiple educational fields: leadership, psychology, special education, early childhood, literacy studies, mathematics and teacher education. The contributors to this collection provide empirical evidence on the state of parental involvement and family engagement in Jamaica. A team approach has been used in completing the various chapters in which graduate researchers collaborated with lecturers in their areas of specialization. The different voices and data from the participants along with relevant literature shape the dialogue on the importance of home and school collaboration in students’ overall outcomes. Each One Teach One provides critical onto-epistemological frameworks grounded within the Jamaican context to examine the scope, prevalence, and effects of parental involvement and family engagement in schooling. The findings, implications and recommendations can guide policymakers in the formulation of strategies compatible with the needs of the schools, students and families and provide indispensable data on how to effectively work together to optimize students’ success.

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About the Author

Saran Stewart is Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs and Director of Global Education, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Sharline Cole is Lecturer in Educational Psychology and Research, the School of Education, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Yewande Lewis-Fokum is Lecturer in Literacy and Language Education, the School of Education, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

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Acknowledgements

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed peoplecan change the world”.

– Margaret Mead

Throughoutthis edited book there has been a beautiful balance between leadership andcollaboration among us as editors and co-authors. There has also beencollaboration between the various authors of each chapter, some of whom wereonce our former graduate students asking the critical questions about parental involvement.For this, we would like to thank our former graduate students, most of themteachers, who year after year asked the question: How does parental involvementimpact students’ success? Shepherding a book from thought to manuscriptrequires meticulous attention to detail, and we would like to thank NadineValentine and Shenhaye Ferguson for their careful attention to detail. Wecannot forget to mention Heather Munro who completed initial copy editing ofthe manuscript for us as well as Tashiya Young whose artistry and graphicdesign skills critically illustrate the background of this volume. No academicbook would have rigour without the peer reviewers who took their time andexpertise to read each chapter assigned and provide constructive feedback tothe authors. We thank each reviewer for their input into making this book thequality publication that it is, with the caveat that all shortcomings are ours,the editors. We must also not forget to thank our colleagues, families andfriends for their support and encouragement throughout the various stages ofthis book. And no book is worth ‘its salt’ without its readers. Our hope isthat this book will be read by teachers, school principals, parents and variousorganizations interested in parental/family engagement and that by reading thisbook small but meaningful changes will be made that can make a difference inthe lives of Jamaican students.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9766409021
• ISBN 13: 9789766409029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256