ERIC EJ932204: Case Studies of School Community pdf

ERIC EJ932204: Case Studies of School Community

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This paper reports on a Canadian qualitative case study project funded by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. The paper describes success stories of students and communities affected by poverty from a diverse sample of eleven elementary schools throughout the province of Ontario. Over the period of one school year (2007-2008) and through school visits, interviews, focus groups, and document analysis, researchers developed narratives that describe the ways that adult members (teachers, parents, administrators, and community groups/partners) in the sample schools thought about and shaped their work with students living in challenging socioeconomic circumstances. The paper illustrates examples from the project that draw on themes related to: commitment to high-quality collaboration, teacher mentorship, and community building; parent and community partnerships; and administrative leadership and the culture of leading

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2011
• Year: 2011
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Focus Groups, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Interviews, School Visitation, Elementary Education, Effective Schools Research, Organizational Climate, Educational Environment, Poverty Programs, Partnerships in Education, Collegiality, Parker, Darlene Ciuffetelli|Grenville, Heather|Flessa, Joseph

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