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MUTANT Project 1 'Parents and Diversity'
The project 'Parents and Diversity' aims at improving the communication
and cooperation between parents and professionals in child care
centres and primary schools. The partnership between parents and
professionals is recognized as an important aspect of institutional
quality. The project 'Parents and Diversity' entails the development
of this process through pilot projects, in which 13 involved organizations
of centres and schools will be supported in furthering parent involvement.
The development project is to result in:
professionals and parents improving their personal
contact;
improvement of the cooperation between parents and
the centres/schools on the institutional level and development of
a more concrete 'parent policy';
development of instruments to reach these aims (handbook,
brochures, video, training module),
and a plan for further implementation of the methodical
approach.
In the project the following approaches are used:
model of the European DECET goals
model different parents roles
workshops (using methods like Culture shock and conflict
mediation, documentation of the family, training package family
pictures, artistic activities)
European exchange visits.
Project period : January 2003 - December 2005
Information:
Pedagogical partnership between parents and professionals.
Anke van Keulen. Paper presented at the EECERA conference: Malta
2004.
Parents and Diversity. Project proposal. Bureau MUTANT,
Utrecht, 2002.
Annual report Project 'Parents and Diversity' 2003(Summary).
Bureau MUTANT, Utrecht, 2004.
Contact: mutantbm@wxs.nl
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