The Selection of Preschool for Immigrant and Native-Born Latino Families in the United States

Autor/in	Ansari, Arya
Titel	The Selection of Preschool for Immigrant and Native-Born Latino Families in the United States
Quelle	(2017), (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.07.002
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; School Choice; Hispanic Americans; Children; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Immigrants; Enrollment Rate; Parent Participation; Decision Making; Parent Attitudes; Expectation; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Elternmitwirkung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Elternverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	With the national push to expand preschool education, there has been growing interest in understanding why Latino families are enrolled in preschool at lower rates than non-Latino families. This study applied the accommodations model by Meyers and Jordan (2006) to the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (n = 5,850) to provide a more nuanced understanding of the preschool selection of U.S.- and foreign-born Latino families. Results from this investigation underscored the similarities and differences that existed in the selection behaviors of different groups of families, while also highlighting important differences within the Latino population. In general, these differences within the Latino population cut across community language use, child factors, and parents' beliefs about school readiness. Moreover, after accounting for the various selection factors, there were no longer any consistent differences in the preschool enrollment rates between Latino children and their Black and White peers. When taken together, these findings suggest that careful attention must be paid to the heterogeneity in the experiences of Latino families in navigating the preschool market. [This paper was published in "Early Childhood Research Quarterly" v41 p149-160 2017.] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01