Building the Good School: Participating Parents at Charquin - Softcover

Fearn, Gloria Wilber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096358040X ISBN 13: 9780963580405

Publisher: Ohlone Pr, 1993

Synopsis

"Building the Good School" tells the story of Charquin, a twenty year old parent participation alternative school within a public elementary school. This school is structured to give parents a real voice, to promote their education and help them participate in powerful ways in the education of their children.

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About the Author

Gloria Wilber Fearn currently teaches third grade in San Lorenzo, California. She has also taught kindergarten, Head Start, preschool, extension classes for teachers at California State University, Hayward, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. For twelve years she was an officer and parent participant, first at Tennyson Parent Nursery School, and then in the Charquin Program. She has a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education.

Review

"...Fearns stimulating account of parents, teachers and students living and learning within the walls of one school, serves to inform and inspire.

...Fearn intertwines the practical with the theoretical. Within the small details she recounts of Charquin daily life, readers will find much they might implement in their own schools:

o a lucid articulation of the constructivist Charquin philosophy
o an inspiring testimonial of the importance of community within...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Ohlone Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 096358040X
• ISBN 13: 9780963580405
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150