Perceptions About Parental Engagement Among Hispanic Immigrant Mothers of First Graders from Low-Income Backgrounds
| Autor: | Benard P. Dreyer, Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates, Samantha Berkule Johnson, Jenny Arevalo, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Adriana Weisleder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Child rearing
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Self-esteem Psychological intervention 050301 education Education Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology Parenting styles 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Language proficiency Sociology of Education Psychology 0503 education Socioeconomic status 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Early Childhood Education Journal. 44:445-452 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1707 1082-3301 |
| Popis: | Parental engagement is critical to children’s educational achievement. Before and during elementary school, it is crucial for parents to be involved in their children’s education in order to foster development and achievement. Hispanic parents’ immigrant status, coupled with a lack of English proficiency, means that they often find themselves of low socioeconomic status (SES). Being low SES also means that parents possess fewer resources for engaging with their children. The current study seeks to understand low-income, primarily Hispanic mothers’ perceptions of their roles in their first grade children’s education. Mothers were interviewed regarding parenting confidence related to teaching their children, and responses were analyzed using qualitative research methods. Mothers in this study associated their roles in their children’s education with two primary areas: helping their children to learn, and raising their children to be well-behaved and respectful. The main barrier to parental confidence in these roles appeared to be mothers’ lack of English proficiency. This is consistent with previous research demonstrating that Hispanic parents maintain the perception of a lack of proficiency in English as a significant barrier to parental involvement in their children’s education in the United States. Future interventions with teachers and parents may benefit from these findings in consideration of the optimal ways to involve parent related to their perceived personal strengths regarding parental engagement. |
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