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Parent- Teacher Associations: Motion pictures likewise vary greatly in quality from excellent dramas, historical pageants, and clever cartoons to confusing and distorted portrayals of life. Ratings of films suitable for children are available in the Children's Film Library organized by the Motion Picture Association of America. Various community agencies and Parent- teacher AssociationsTeacher Associations also supply selected lists of movies.
We have no intention of considering the genera] theme of linking home and school, which is well documented elsewhere,25'26 except to note one point. Namely, that a PACT scheme develops a relationship between parent and teacher which, like all good relationships, needs encouragement in order to be sustained and allowed to grow. Many teachers have commented on improved Parent- teacher Associationsteacher relationships with the introduction of PACT and they realize how important it is to listen to what parents have to say. Such listening, on both sides, can help develop the relationship. If this is accepted and acted upon, the dialogue between every school and its parents can develop in a variety of different ways, the richness of which we can only speculate on.
The ideas we have presented are only a small selection from the variety of present practice involving parents in children's learning. We hope they demonstrate that the only restraints on Parent- teacher Associationsteacher collaboration are the limits of imagination; a formal PACT system, integrated into a school's policy, can lead eventually to parent involvement on a large scale.
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