One purpose of the educational commitment is to create conditions in the family environment conducive to a good educational expectations and ensure school success. The creation of the learning environment within the family is related to a number of factors that research on the "curriculum of the home" have been identified as necessary for a student to obtain academic success. The publication "Family and Schools" by the International Bureau of Education of UNESCO in 2000, Professor, University Sam Redding Philadelphia collects a guide summarizes the research on collaboration between community, family and school. The introduction explains the importance of "home curriculum" as a hope for intervention in the family to try to counter the deterministic drift imposed by social inequities.
Fortunately, research on family influences on academic learning has a long history, and we can set basic premises with high reliability. With reasonable certainty, we can say that while the lower classes can lead to statistically predict poor academic performance, families who provide a stimulating and supportive environment, with rich language, defy the effects of socioeconomic circumstances. In other words, a "home curriculum" alterable, which includes family relationships, practices and patterns of family life, is a more powerful predictor of academic learning that family status. Schools can work with families to improve the "curriculum of the home" whatever the family's economic situation. This is therefore a message of great hope.
Redding identifies a number of specific patterns of family life that contribute to developing the child's ability to learn in school. Research specific family practices positively correlated with school success of the child in school. Redding groups them into three sections that make up the content of the publication and that are:
parent-child relationship:
1. Daily conversations about everyday events.
2. Expressions of affection.
3. Family comments on books, newspaper, magazines, television programs.
4. Visits with family or family members to libraries, museums, zoos, historical sites, cultural activities.
5. Encouragement to use new words and expand vocabulary.
routines of family life:
1. Setting a time of home study.
2. Daily routines that include time for eating, sleeping, playing, working, studying and reading.
3. Having a quiet place to study and read.
4. Family interest in hobbies, games and activities with educational value. Expectations
family and Control:
1. Giving priority to school work and reading over watching television and leisure activities.
2. Expectations of punctuality.
3. Parental expectations that children will do things the best they can.
4. Concern the correct and appropriate use of language.
5. Parental control over the group of friends of their children.
6. Control and analysis of television (and internet use) along with the children.
7. Parental knowledge of child's progress at school and personal growth.
If we agree that students learn best in their families are promoted life patterns mentioned above, this can become a substance of collaboration established between the family and the center through the commitments education. Therefore, one of the tasks of the educational relationship will help families create a "curriculum home "positive.
There are not many experiences with this approach. A few months ago was released by material and CEAPA Atlantis Project (FAMILY DAY) to work on basic skills from the family. However, it seems common sense to work on this line will benefit expectations and academic achievement of our students. It has been demonstrated in numerous studies the significant influence that family environment has on learning and school performance of students. And also, that this environment depends not only on economic or educational level of families but is related to a number of rules attitudes and family values \u200b\u200bcan be reconstructed socially and culturally and constitute what is called "the curriculum of the home."
parent-child relationship:
1. Daily conversations about everyday events.
2. Expressions of affection.
3. Family comments on books, newspaper, magazines, television programs.
4. Visits with family or family members to libraries, museums, zoos, historical sites, cultural activities.
5. Encouragement to use new words and expand vocabulary.
routines of family life:
1. Setting a time of home study.
2. Daily routines that include time for eating, sleeping, playing, working, studying and reading.
3. Having a quiet place to study and read.
4. Family interest in hobbies, games and activities with educational value. Expectations
family and Control:
1. Giving priority to school work and reading over watching television and leisure activities.
2. Expectations of punctuality.
3. Parental expectations that children will do things the best they can.
4. Concern the correct and appropriate use of language.
5. Parental control over the group of friends of their children.
6. Control and analysis of television (and internet use) along with the children.
7. Parental knowledge of child's progress at school and personal growth.
If we agree that students learn best in their families are promoted life patterns mentioned above, this can become a substance of collaboration established between the family and the center through the commitments education. Therefore, one of the tasks of the educational relationship will help families create a "curriculum home "positive.
There are not many experiences with this approach. A few months ago was released by material and CEAPA Atlantis Project (FAMILY DAY) to work on basic skills from the family. However, it seems common sense to work on this line will benefit expectations and academic achievement of our students. It has been demonstrated in numerous studies the significant influence that family environment has on learning and school performance of students. And also, that this environment depends not only on economic or educational level of families but is related to a number of rules attitudes and family values \u200b\u200bcan be reconstructed socially and culturally and constitute what is called "the curriculum of the home."
(Posted by Miguel Angel Gea Valverde, counselor of the IES Sea west of the line)
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