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Examining Transformational Resistance Through a Critical Race and Latcrit Theory Framework
Tập 36 Số 3 - Trang 308-342 - 2001
Using critical race theory and Latina/Latino critical race theory as a
framework, this article utilizes the methods of qualitative inquiry and
counterstorytelling to examine the construct of student resistance. The authors
use two events in Chicana/Chicano student history—the 1968 East Los Angeles
school walkouts and the 1993 UCLA student strike for Chicana and Chicano
studies. Using these two met...
A Meta-Analysis of the Relation of Parental Involvement to Urban Elementary School Student Academic Achievement
Tập 40 Số 3 - Trang 237-269 - 2005
This meta-analysis of 41 studies examines the relationship between parental
involvement and the academic achievement of urban elementary school children.
Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and
subcategories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship
between parental involvement overall and academic achievement. Parental
involvement, as a whole, w...
Overrepresentation of African American Students in Exclusionary Discipline The Role of School Policy
Tập 42 Số 6 - Trang 536-559 - 2007
The overrepresentation of ethnic minority students, particularly African
American males, in the exclusionary discipline consequences of suspension and
expulsion has been consistently documented during the past three decades.
Children of poverty and those with academic problems are also overrepresented in
such discipline consequences. Sadly, a direct link between these exclusionary
discipline conse...
Future Time Perspective, Hope, and Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents
Tập 43 Số 3 - Trang 347-360 - 2008
This study examines the relationship of academic achievement to future time
perspective (FTP), hope, and ethnic identity among low-income, rural and urban
African American adolescents ( N = 661). Findings indicate that adolescents who
are oriented toward the future, determined to reach their goals (hope), and
interested in and have a strong sense of belonging to their ethnic group tend to
academic...
Preservice Teachers' Attitudes Toward Teaching African American Students
Tập 38 Số 6 - Trang 640-654 - 2003
Data were collected on a total of 415 students enrolled in teacher education
programs at six universities. This study consisted of data collected from three
subsamples based on the type of institution participants attended. Group 1
consisted of preservice teachers from a public, predominantly White university;
the university had no specific requirements related to teaching culturally
diverse stude...
Perspectives of Rural Prospective Teachers toward Teaching in Urban Schools
Tập 30 Số 3 - Trang 290-305 - 1995
Educational inequity in urban schools is due in part to an inability to attract
and retain fully educated and experienced teachers. According to data gathered
in a study of rural teacher candidates, they have little knowledge or experience
about teaching in urban schools. Their information comes primarily from
secondary sources rather than from direct experiences. Although they lack both
knowledge...
Latino Immigrant Youth Living in a Nontraditional Migration City
Tập 52 Số 3 - Trang 399-426 - 2017
Latino immigrant children represent the fastest-growing population in the United
States and families are frequently residing outside of the traditional migration
destinations. These cities lack the infrastructure and resources to provide
culturally relevant services and bilingual education that supports these youth.
Following a social-ecological approach that attends to the multiple contextual
and...
“I had (my dreams) on hold, I had to …”: Mexican Descent Youth Discuss Factors That Lead to Leaving High School
Tập 58 Số 8 - Trang 1603-1628 - 2023
Despite Latinx students having the second highest rates of dropouts compared
with other racial/ethnic groups, few studies qualitatively examine how Latinx
youth view the academic and family contexts of leaving school. In this study, 16
Mexican descent youth from low-income backgrounds discussed why they felt pushed
out of high school in focus groups. Grounded theory analysis revealed that youth
pe...