{"product_id":"a-path-to-follow","title":"A Path to Follow","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe diverse and difficult needs of today's children far outstrip the ability of any one institution to meet them. Yet one of the richest resources for understanding a child's early learning experiences—parents—is quite often the most frequently overlooked. \u003ci\u003eA Path to Follow\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that parent \"stories\" can be a highly effective, collaborative tool for accessing knowledge that may not be obvious, but would obviously be of benefit. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePat Edwards and her co-authors have here defined \"stories\" as narratives gained from open-ended conversations and\/or interviews, where parents respond to questions designed to shed light on traditional and nontraditional early literacy activities in the home. After all, as a child's first and most important teacher, a parent can offer memories of specific formative interactions, observations on early learning efforts, and thoughts on how their own backgrounds have impacted a child's attitude toward school. In sharing their anecdotes and observations, parents give us the keys to unlock a vault of social, emotional, and educational variables. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe secondary benefit to the story approach, of course, is the empowerment that parents feel when they are given the chance to participate in a personally meaningful way—one that respects their viewpoint. As parents and schools continue to wrestle with prodigious challenges—shifting family demographics, time constraints, cultural divides, privacy issues, and of course, economics—stories remain a non-threatening and practical vehicle for collaboration. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its step-by-step approach to creating parent story programs, sample questions, case studies, and useful guidelines on collecting and interpreting data, \u003ci\u003eA Path to Follow\u003c\/i\u003e will be hailed as a detailed and innovative roadmap to involving the whole community in a child's education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46287489761518,"sku":"9780325001524","price":42.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780325001524.jpg?v=1781680926","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/a-path-to-follow","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}