Engaging Latino Families for Student Success: How Parent Education Can Reshape Parents' Sense of Place in the Education of Their Children

Investigated how Latino parents defined their roles in their children's education and their relationships with schools, examining how they perceived their sense of place before and after attending the Parent Institute for Quality Education. Survey, interview, and observation data indicated that...

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Published inPeabody journal of education Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 119 - 169
Main Authors Chrispeels, Janet H., Rivero, Elvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc 2001
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Child discipline
Children
Elementary Secondary Education
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Homework
Mothers
Parent Attitudes
Parent Education
Parent Participation
Parent Role
Parent School Relationship
Parenting
Parents
Parents as Teachers
School age children
Sense of place
Teachers
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Summary:Investigated how Latino parents defined their roles in their children's education and their relationships with schools, examining how they perceived their sense of place before and after attending the Parent Institute for Quality Education. Survey, interview, and observation data indicated that after attending the Institute, parents had expanded concepts of involvement in their children's education at home and at school. (SM)
ISSN:0161-956X
1532-7930
DOI:10.1207/S15327930pje7602_7