Literature Review

Throughout Terms 2 and 3, we have been researching work into "School, Family and Community Partnerships" around the world. This has included looking at the Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler Model of Parental Involvement (1995, 1997, 2005); the Epstein Model of Six Types of Involvement; Appalachia Educational laboratory "Linking Student Achievement to School, Family and Community Involvement; Professor Sheila Wolfendale, "Partnerships in Learning: In the Interests of Children, Benefiting All"; DEECD "New School Ties: Networks for Success and Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations "Family - School partnerships Framework". A summary of this research is available on this blog.