Home and School Connections

Home and School Connections
Asset-based and deficit-based approaches provide distinct methods for English language teaching, evaluating, and directing. According to Dikkers (2013), an asset-based approach focuses on the learners’ knowledge and strengths. The instructor builds on the learner’s strengths to help them learn the English language. On the other hand, a deficit-based approach considers the student’s weaknesses establishing the skills or knowledge they lack. Both approaches are aimed at developing and growing the learner’s skills and proficiency in the related subjects. Notably, parents are encouraged to engage themselves in the learning process to establish the learner’s strengths and weaknesses. The teachers are encouraged to invite, discuss, and engage the parents in the learning process to create a proper home and school connection.
Governments, teachers, and school administrators alike understand the importance of involving parents in the learning process. Involving the parent in the learning process allows for a comprehensive analysis of the student's challenges, strengths, and cultural background. Parents are a significant component of a child’s schooling from birth (The British Council, 2022). A parent guides the improvement of the learner’s personality and psychological well-being and assists with framing the establishment from which they foster deep-rooted perspectives and interests. Furthermore, they ensure that their home provides an essential climate to grow the child’s true capacity and character to fruition. It is critical to ensure that the child makes positive progress. A key strategy is empowering guardians and welcoming guardians to become dynamic, responsive, and mindful members of their child’s schooling and in their education and language advancement. This is aimed at getting families, guardians, and children to understand their socio-cultural aspects and build on them.
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