Reaching out to fathers: An examination of staff efforts that lead to greater father involvement in early childhood programs

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Green, Stephen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944378193     PISSN: 15245039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Cabrera, Natasha J.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Lamb, Michael E.; & Boller, Kimberly. (1999, August). Measuring father involvement in the Early Head Start evaluation: A multidimensional conceptualization. Paper presented at the National Conference on Health Statistics, Washington, DC. ED 451 904.
2. Eldridge, Dorothy. (2001). Parent involvement: It's worth the effort. Young Children, 56(4), 65-69. EJ 635 786.
3. Epstein, Joyce L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ED 454 322.
4. Epstein, Joyce L.; Sanders, Mavis G.; Simon, Beth S.; Salinas, Karen Clark; Jansorn, Natalie R.; & Van Voorhis, Frances L. (2003). School, family, and community partnerships: Your handbook for action (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. ED 467 082.
5. Fagan, Jay. (1999). Predictors of father and father figure involvement in pre-kindergarten Head Start. Philadelphia: National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania. ED 454 982.
6. Fagan, Jay. (2000). Head Start fathers' daily hassles and involvement with their children. Journal of Family Issues, 21(3), 329-346. EJ 622 641.
7. Fagan, Jay, & Iglesias, Aquiles. (1999). Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children: A quasi-experimental study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(2), 243-269. EJ 603 899.
8. Fagan, Jay; Newash, Nidhal; & Schloesser, Annmarie. (2000). Female caregivers' perceptions of fathers' and significant adult males' involvement with their Head Start children. Families in Society, 81(2), 186-196.
9. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2001). America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2001. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. ED 455 036.
10. Frieman, Barry B. (1998). What early childhood educators need to know about divorced fathers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 25(4), 239-241. EJ 569 170.
11. Frieman, Barry B., & Berkeley, Terry R. (2002). Encouraging fathers to participate in the school experiences of young children: The teacher's role. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(3), 209-213. EJ 652 585.
12. Grolnick, Wendy S., & Slowiaczek, Maria L. (1994). Parents' involvement in children's schooling: A multidimensional conceptualization and motivational model. Child Development, 65(1), 237-252. EJ 478 223.
13. Henderson, Anne T., & Berla, Nancy (Eds.). (1994). A new generation of evidence: The family is critical to student achievement. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education. ED 375 968.
14. Henderson, Anne T., & Mapp, Karen L. (2002). A new wave of evidence: The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
15. Horn, Wade F., & Sylvester, Tom. (2002). Father facts (4th ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: National Fatherhood Initiative.
16. Lamb, Michael E. (1997). The development of father-infant relationships. In Michael E. Lamb (Ed.), The role of the father in child development (pp. 104-120). New York: Wiley.
17. Levine, James A. (1993). Involving fathers in Head Start: A framework for public policy and program development. Families in Society, 74(1), 4-19.
18. Levine, James A.; Murphy, Dennis T.; & Wilson, Sherrill. (1998). Getting men involved: Strategies for early childhood programs. New York: Families and Work Institute. ED 388 399.
19. Levine, James A., & Pitt, Edward W. (1995). New expectations: Community strategies for responsible fatherhood. New York: Families and Work Institute. ED 393 557.
20. Marcon, Rebecca A. (1999). Positive relationships between parent school involvement and public school inner-city preschoolers' development and academic performance. School Psychology Review, 28(3), 395-412.
21. Marsiglio, William; Amato, Paul; Day, Randal D.; & Lamb, Michael E. (2000). Scholarship on fatherhood in the 1990s and beyond. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62(4), 1173-1191.
22. McBride, Brent A., & Rane, Thomas R. (1997). Father/male involvement in early childhood programs: Issues and challenges. Early Childhood Education Journal, 25(1), 11-15. EJ 554 382.
23. McBride, Brent A.; Rane, Thomas R.; & Bae, Ji-Hi. (2001). Intervening with teachers to encourage father male involvement in early childhood programs. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(1), 77-93. EJ 635 673.
24. Mosley, Jane, & Thompson, Elizabeth. (1995). Fathering behavior and child outcomes: The role of race and poverty. In William Marsiglio (Ed.), Fatherhood: Contemporary theory, research, and social policy (pp. 148-165). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ED 387 230.
25. Nord, Christine W.; Brimhall, DeeAnn; & West, Jerry. (1997). Fathers' involvement in their children's schools. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. ED 409 125.
26. Parke, Ross D. (1996). Fatherhood. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
27. Radin, Norma. (1986). The influence of fathers on their sons and daughters. Social Work in Education, 8(2), 77-91.
28. Radin, Norma. (1994). Primary-caregiving fathers in intact families. In Adele Eskeles Gottfried & Allen W. Gottfried (Eds.), Redefining families: Implications for children's development (pp. 55-97). New York: Plenum.
29. Snarey, John. (1993). How fathers care for the next generation: A four-decade study. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ED 366 432.
30. Starkey, Prentice, & Klein, Alice. (2000). Fostering parental support for children's mathematical development: An intervention with Head Start families. Early Education and Development, 11(5), 659-680. EJ 618 579.
31. Stevenson, David L., & Baker, David P. (1987). The family-school relation and the child's school performance. Child Development, 58(5), 1348-1357. EJ 362 736.
32. Turbiville, Vicki P.; Umbarger, Gardner T.; & Guthrie, Anne C. (2000). Fathers' involvement in programs for young children. Young Children, 55(4), 74-79. EJ 610 290.
33. Yogman, Michael W.; Kindlon, Daniel; & Earls, Felton. (1995). Father involvement and cognitive/behavioral outcomes of preterm infants. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(1), 58-66.