"Ganas": From the Individual to the Community, and the Potential for Improving College Going in the "Land That Texas Forgot"

Autor/inn/en	Cabrera, Nolan L.; Lopez, Patricia D.; Saenz, Victor B.
Titel	"Ganas": From the Individual to the Community, and the Potential for Improving College Going in the "Land That Texas Forgot"
Quelle	In: Journal of Latinos and Education, 11 (2012) 4, S.232-246 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8431
DOI	10.1080/15348431.2012.715499
Schlagwörter	College Attendance; Focus Groups; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Barriers; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Role; Standardized Tests; Educational Change; Social Change; Activism; Rural Areas; Hispanic American Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	This study explores college-going "ganas" in the South Rio Grande Valley of Texas within the context of Frierian liberatory praxis. During focus groups, current and former high school students discussed their experiences developing "ganas" regarding college going and discussed how parental support was integral to "ganas" formation. The participants also identified structural barriers preventing "ganas" from becoming college going (e.g., teachers handcuffed by standardized testing). Students wanted to change these conditions, demonstrated the ability to organize, but had also been taught that they were incapable of creating social change. Implications are discussed. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10