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Minor, Denise – Hispania, 2016
This study examines the impact that membership in a Spanish language theater and poetry troupe had upon a group of Mexican and Chicano university students in terms of the development of academic identities, feelings of belonging, connections with friends and family, and other factors that correlate with academic perseverance. Also examined was the…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Mexicans, College Students, Identification (Psychology)
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Kim, So Jung – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
This article discusses the results of an empirical study that examined young bilingual students' discussions of picture books dealing with gender themes in a Spanish/English bilingual classroom. The study focused on the reading of five picture books by sixteen 5-year-old Mexican-origin children at a small charter school. The data were collected by…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Bilingual Students, Picture Books, Charter Schools
Hutchison, Mary Ann; And Others – 1986
The Mental Health Prevention/Intervention Project (MHP/IP) was designed to provide and assess comprehensive and effective mental health services to Head Start children, parents, families, and staff. Sponsored by the Latin American Civic Association (LACA) in Los Angeles, the 14-month intervention was implemented and assessed on three levels: (1)…
Descriptors: Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Intervention, Interviews
Rippberger, Susan – 1988
This study examines strengths and weaknesses of Mexican public education as perceived by educators within the system. Forty teachers and administrators from various levels in the public school system were interviewed in 1988. Interviewees were primarily located in southern Mexican cities. Mexico's public educational structure is highly…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, American Indian Education, Educational Quality
Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie – 1992
This study sought to determine under what conditions 14 recent Mexican immigrant high school students thought they used and acquired English as a Second Language (ESL) in an "English Only" high school in California. Each of the 14 students was interviewed at least twice and "shadowed" for 2 days in school. Follow-up interviews and observations…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), High School Students, High Schools, Immigrants
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
The major part of this report describes the method and findings of a study of work and family life in a sample of 30 Anglo-, Black-, and Mexican-American single-parent (divorced) families. A qualitative approach based on two semistructured interviews with each family was used to explore the effects of workplace policies and social support networks…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Conferences, Divorce