Understanding the Culture of Low-Income Immigrant Latino Parents: Key to Involvement

Autor/in	Orozco, Graciela L.
Titel	Understanding the Culture of Low-Income Immigrant Latino Parents: Key to Involvement
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 18 (2008) 1, S.21-37 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Income; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Personnel; Radio; Immigrants; Low Income Groups; Cultural Influences; Hispanic Americans; Social Values; Bilingualism; Spanish Speaking; Parent Attitudes; Family Relationship; Access to Information + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Einkommen; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schulpersonal; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Sozialer Wert; Bilingualismus; Elternverhalten
Abstract	Schools often consider themselves experts in a child's education. While school personnel are trained to work with children and families and certainly have much experience in the matter, the perspective and values of low-income parents are not always understood nor incorporated into the school culture. Since parent involvement has been shown to positively affect academic outcomes, it becomes important to understand the potential contributions that low-income parents can make to their children's education. This article describes a qualitative case analysis that examined what low-income immigrant Latino parents had to say about their parenting roles on "La Placita Bilingue," a live call-in radio talk show produced by Radio Bilingue, the national Latino public radio network. Four themes that reflect the values of 18 parents emerged from the analysis of 11 hours of Spanish-language, live call-in shows: (1) the special place of children in the family; (2) "saber es poder"--knowledge is power; (3) "querer es poder"--where there is a will, there is a way; and (4) the importance of culture and of being bilingual. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10