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Vasquez, Sarah – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2016
Parent involvement has been shown to be one of the keys to student educational success, their ability to perform at a high level and persevere. The latest government statistics reveal that 53 million Hispanics now reside in the United States and 75 % of this population speaks Spanish at home [Cooper, M. (2014). "Hispanics in America and in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Fathers, Parent Participation, Ethnography
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Koh, Myung-Sook; Shin, Sunwoo; Reeves, Kay C. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate attitudes and perspectives of Korean immigrant parents in rearing and educating their children in the United States. One hundred nineteen Korean parents from three cities in the United States were surveyed using the Korean Parent Questionnaire. The responses of the questionnaire were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Korean
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Grant, Patrick A.; Barger-Anderson, Richael – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2009
Young, Wright, and Laster (2005) stated that since the "Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas" decision, gaps in educational achievement have been a recognized problem across the United States. Particularly, differences in achievement levels for elementary and secondary African American students have remained. Daniels (1998) stated that…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Language Minorities
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Wessels, Stephanie; Holmes, Melissa; Herrera, Socorro – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2011
This microethnographic case study focuses on patterns of interpretation and decision making of undergraduate preservice teachers as they participated in observations, co-teaching, and teaching in elementary schools in northern Mexico. At the core, this study explores the deeply embedded assumptions preservice teachers may bring to new…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Study Abroad, Classroom Techniques, Case Studies
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Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Whedon, Craig K.; Fletcher, Reginald – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of urban students regarding their teachers who were of different races/ethnicities. The participants in this study were twelve students (African-American, Caucasian, and Bi-Racial) in an urban elementary school. The twelve students were in a special education self-contained classroom and…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty)