Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools

Autor/inn/en	Cucchiara, Maia Bloomfield; Horvat, Erin McNamara
Titel	Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 46 (2009) 4, S.974-1004 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831209345791
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Public Schools; Middle Class; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Social Environment; Parent Influence; Comparative Analysis; Case Studies; Motivation; Student Diversity; Objectives; Educational Improvement; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Mittelschicht; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Soziales Umfeld; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Goal definition; Zielsetzung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elternverhalten
Abstract	Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations. This study of parental involvement in two urban schools suggests that middle-class parental involvement may be more complex than often assumed. The authors find that middle-class parents bring myriad resources to urban schools and can be catalysts for change. However, the relationship between parental involvement and widespread benefit was mediated by parents' own goals and perspectives as well as by the larger social context. Furthermore, compared to a more individualistic approach to parental involvement, a collective orientation is more sustainable and has greater potential for benefiting all children in the school, without regard to their social class. (Contains 2 tables and 15 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10