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Each One Teach One: Parental Involvement and Family Engagement in Jamaica's
Education System is a collection of research studies and essays across multiple
educational fields: leadership, psychology, special education, early childhood, literacy
studies, mathematics and teacher education. The contributors to this collection provide
empirical evidence on the state of parental involvement and family engagement in
Jamaica. A team approach has been used in completing the various chapters in which
graduate researchers collaborated with lecturers in their areas of specialization. The
different voices and data from the participants along with relevant literature shape
the dialogue on the importance of home and school collaboration in students' overall
outcomes. Each One Teach One provides critical onto-epistemological frameworks
grounded within the Jamaican context to examine the scope, prevalence, and
effects of parental involvement and family engagement in schooling. The findings,
implications and recommendations can guide policymakers in the formulation of
strategies compatible with the needs of the schools, students and families and provide
indispensable data on how to effectively work together to optimize students' success.
The impact of this study should be considered as an exceptional, thoroughly researched, and strong contribution to its eld. e chapters are inimitably aligned and wholly
support each other. e examination on parental involvement and family engagement
is current and o ers an extensive amount of new information to its eld. Furthermore,
the methodology on problem solving added a signi cant contribution. e ndings
in this research are new, which also allows for a substantive contribution to existing
knowledge.
-Dr Camuy G. Heremuru, Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (DSL), Adjunct Full
Professor, Webster University, Director - Global Leadership & Management Consultant
Group