Fifteen years ago, Concha Delgado-Gaitan began literacy research in Carpinteria, California. At that time, Mexican immigrants who labored in nurseries, factories, and housekeeping, had almost no voice in how their children were educated. Committed to participative research, Delgado-Gaitan collaborated with the community to connect family, school, and community. Regular community gatherings gave birth to the Comite de Padres Latinos. Refusing the role of the victim, the Comite paticipants organized to reach out to everyone in the community, not just other Latino families. Bound by their...
Fifteen years ago, Concha Delgado-Gaitan began literacy research in Carpinteria, California. At that time, Mexican immigrants who labored in nurseries...
The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement.
The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained ...
This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have formed partnerships that support and enhance student learning. It is designed for teachers who care deeply about students and welcome diverse families as partners, for parents who want to be active partners in educating their children, and for administrators in diverse schools or districts who know there is no quick fix for building lasting partnerships among families, schools, and the community.
This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have formed partnerships that support and enhance stud...
The author shows how teachers honoring real culture can transform the context and content within their classrooms while creating learning settings that challenge students academically.
The author shows how teachers honoring real culture can transform the context and content within their classrooms while creating learning settings tha...
Children's success in literacy is largely dependent on the active and systematic communications between parents and teachers. In this study the essence of literacy is observed in the Portillo Community when working class Mexican-American parents empowered each other by sharing their experiences to help their children in school. Utilizing their ability to read and interpret their reality the families collectively organized to transform their children's educational opportunities.
Children's success in literacy is largely dependent on the active and systematic communications between parents and teachers. In this study the essenc...
A central theme in anthropoligical research is the socialization process. Yet, when applied to student life, the literature tends to neglect a frequent phenomena of student life: that students are uprooted from their home countries and resettled in culturally different areas. The contributors to "School and Society" provide a comparative assessment of how cultural knowledge relates to learning. Part I discusses qualitative research and national politics as they relate to cultural education. Part II explores American and Japanese day care centers, Peruvian schools, and the effects of Asian...
A central theme in anthropoligical research is the socialization process. Yet, when applied to student life, the literature tends to neglect a freq...
