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Week 10:
Observation - Identify some examples of family engagement in the
school you visit? How involved are the parents in the education of
the children?
as
well
as
become
learning
partnership
on
class
excursions.
Burnham, Farrar and Otero (2007, p.75) indicate that for many
parents their engagement involves seeing parents as helpers rather
than co-educators. In reflecting on the parent engagement I have
observed in my school, the parent involvement within the literacy
groups and related activities and the P.M.P program comes closer to
this definition of co-educators.