Con Respeto - Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools - an Ethnographic Portrait

This book presents a study of ten Mexican immigrant families, describing how such families go about the business of surviving and learning to succeed in a new world. Guadalupe Valdes examines what appears to be a disinterest in education by Mexican parents and shows, through extensive quotations from interview data, that these struggling families are both rich and strong in family values and bring with them clear views of what constitutes success and failure. The study's conclusion questions the merit of typical family intervention programs designed to promote school success and suggests that these interventions -- because they do not genuinely respect the values of diverse families -- may have long-term negative consequences for children.

Riassunto

This is the story of ten Mexican immigrant families and of how each goes about the business of surviving and learning to succeed in a new world. It describes how the parents prepare their children for a rapidly changing world so as to become competent adults.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Guadalupe Valdes
• Editore: Teachers College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.1996
• EAN: 9780807735268
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-3526-8
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 367 g
• Illustrazioni: forms
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie