Counterfeit Social Capital and Mexican-American Underachievement

Autor/in	Ream, Robert K.
Titel	Counterfeit Social Capital and Mexican-American Underachievement
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25 (2003) 3, S.237-262 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/01623737025003237
Schlagwörter	Underachievement; Academic Achievement; Student Mobility; Social Networks; Social Capital; Mexican Americans; Hispanic American Students; Racial Differences; High Risk Students; Cultural Influences; Immigrants; White Students; Grade 12; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Schulleistung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialkapital; Hispanoamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Rassenunterschied; Problemschüler; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; USA
Abstract	A critical issue facing U.S. schools and one with broad social implication is the persistent disparity in educational achievement between racial/ethnic groups. The achievement gap may be particularly pronounced for Mexican-Americans who constitute the vast majority of U.S. Latinos and are among the most educationally at risk of all Latino subgroups. By employing mixed-methods research techniques, this study shows that social network instability accompanying high mobility rates may contribute to Mexican-American underachievement. Moreover, this investigation challenges wholly beneficial and ecumenical notions of social capital. Mexican-origin youth in possession of what on the surface appears to be a valued form of social currency may actually be the unwitting recipients of a form of counterfeit social capital that impinges on their school success. Efforts to reduce unnecessary and reactive student mobility and increase the stock of beneficial forms of social capital (while rooting out its impostors) may deserve policy consideration. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures and 25 notes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10