Welcoming "New" comers. Problematizing the Latina mothers’ experiences in a Family Literacy Program



Título del documento: Welcoming "New" comers. Problematizing the Latina mothers’ experiences in a Family Literacy Program
Revista: Sinéctica
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000450012
ISSN: 1665-109X
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1California State University, College of Education, Dominguez Hills, California. Estados Unidos de América
Año:
Periodo: Ene-Jun
Número: 48
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Ethnographic research has shown how familial outreach initiatives to Latino populations in demographically shifting communities can support schools’ relationships with the changing community. However, recent research in ‘seminew’ settlements of Latino populations suggests that students and their families continue experience education that promotes the dominant culture and that views well-established Latino populations as visitors. This study considers the experiences of Latina mothers participating in a school-sponsored family literacy program in Nebraska. The mothers’ experiences in the program were influenced by program personnel’s paternalistic perceptions of them as different and in need of help and by their agency in face of that treatment. Findings show two predominant perceptions mediated the mothers’ experiences: mothers as a ‘good match’ for the program and mothers as children. Mothers were considered a ‘good match’ if they were available and eager to attend all program components. Yet in the program, they were treated like elementary students. The mothers’ often resisted these perceptions and utilized the program to achieve their own goals. Findings shed light on how perceptions embedded in school-based familial outreach initiatives continue to play a role in keeping Latino families on the fringes of K-12 educational, despite their permanent status in the community
Disciplinas: Educación,
Sociología
Palabras clave: Sociología de la educación,
Educación básica,
Pedagogía,
Aprendizaje,
Migrantes,
Lenguaje,
Latinos,
Estudiantes,
Estados Unidos de América,
Cultura dominante,
Familia-escuela,
Educación familiar
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