Cordova, Victor R
(2005)
EL INVOLUCRAMIENTO DE PADRES EN EDUCACIÓN / PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION: THE PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF LATINOS IN CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This study examined Latino parents' perceptions of the nature, purposes, and consequences of their involvement (or lack thereof) in elementary and middle schools and in their children's education. Parents also provided their conceptualization education as well as the positive and negative factors perceived to affect their involvement: aspects of parents' own situation and institutional/contextual factors. This study focused on the views and experiences of parents of the two major Latino groups of Chelsea (Puerto Ricans and Central Americans) with children in different grades in the four regular elementary schools and the two regular middle schools of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Thirteen families were interviewed, including nine couples, three single mothers, and a grandmother. The selection of the participants was guided by my prior involvement in the community and by advice elicited from key members of the Chelsea community. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the data collected.All parents participating in the study conceptualized education as an integrated process that includes both learning at school (formal education) and "learning" at home (personal education). They emphasized home/personal education and approached parental involvement in light of this conception of education at home. The majority of parents referred to a cultural clash when describing parents' and teachers' roles. Roles that are exercised around two domains, parents' domain (based on traditional Latino value systems) that for most of the parents has not influence over schooling, and teachers' domain (based on the United States value system) that is viewed by the majority of the parents as exercising the major influence in the formal education of their children and parents' actions in relation to their involvement in school-related activities.Although this emphasis on home education, the interviewees mentioned different forms of involvement in school-related activities, particularly in those related to their children's education, though none of the parents reported attending, let alone actively participating in, formal school organizational meetings, such parent teacher organization (PTO) or the district-level school board. Most of the parents expressed their lack of interest and some were skeptical about whether such involvement was worthwhile, since it was unlikely that any changes would happen in relation to school policy.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
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| ETD Committee: |
| Title | Member | Email Address | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Ginsburg, Mark | mbg@pitt.edu | MBG | | | Committee Member | DeWalt, Billie | | | | | Committee Member | Weidman, John | weidman@pitt.edu | WEIDMAN | | | Committee Member | Garman, Noreen | ngarman@pitt.edu | NGARMAN | |
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| Date: |
19 May 2005 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
3 August 2005 |
| Approval Date: |
19 May 2005 |
| Submission Date: |
14 May 2005 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Central Americans; Chelsea; community; hispanics; latino parents; Massachusetts; parental involment; parental perspectives; parents; Puerto Ricans; school |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-05142005-205210/, etd-05142005-205210 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:44 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:43 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7862 |
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