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Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Kappan editor Rafael Heller interviews Annette Lareau about her research into different experiences of childhood and family life. In her observations of families of different social classes, she learned that upper-middle-class families approach parenting as an act of "concerted cultivation" requiring ongoing attention, making them more…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family Life, Interviews, Social Class
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O'Donoghue, Mary – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This article explores how a small sample of working-class mothers encounters the field of education. In the management of family and their children's schooling, mothers bring to bear and replicate ways of knowing that are embodied, are historical and that offer many-sided insights into profoundly stratified societies. Here I draw on Bourdieu's…
Descriptors: Working Class, Mothers, Social Theories, Parent Role
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Yamamoto, Yoko – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The impact of social class backgrounds on young children's educational experiences has attracted increasing attention in early childhood research. However, few longitudinal studies related to social class and parental involvement in young children's education are available, especially in East Asian contexts. In this longitudinal qualitative study,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Young Children, Mothers, Parent Participation
Collins Ayanlaja, Carole R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study used existing data derived from interviews with parents of Black students who had participated in the Suburban School Achievement Study (SSAS) to explore what parents think about schooling, the schooling experiences of their children, and how they respond to their children's experiences and level of access to opportunities. This…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, African American Students, Academic Achievement
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Smith, Michael J. – Negro Educational Review, 2008
Access to higher education in America is increasingly becoming a privilege for upper-class youth. On the other hand, youth in lower socioeconomic groups have less access and are increasingly marginalized and less able to compete in the college choice arena. While parental involvement is one way to fight against this unfortunate trend, parents of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Mothers, College Choice, Females
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Cooper, Camille Wilson – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2007
This study draws on in-depth interview data to discuss the school choices and educational advocacy roles of 14 African-American mothers. The narratives of the study's participants, who have low-income or working-class status, show how race, class and gender factors influence their school choice-making and their value of education. The author…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Mothers, School Choice
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Gillies, Val – Gender and Education, 2006
This paper explores the emotional resources generated by working class mothers to support their children at school. Analysis of material from qualitative interview research with a range working class mothers will focus on specific accounts of children's school lives to reveal how situated meanings can clash with institutional expectations. By…
Descriptors: Coping, Social Bias, Social Capital, Foreign Countries
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Knight, Michelle G.; Norton, Nadjwa E. L.; Bentley, Courtney C.; Dixon, Iris R. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2004
This article examines the diversity of practices utilized by working-class and poor black and Latina/o families to support their children's college-going processes. We employ the work of feminists, scholars of color, and critical ethnographers to critique the power undergirding the monolithic model establishing one entry point of parental…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Parent School Relationship, Family Involvement, Ethnography
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Petrie, Jessica Taisey; Holloway, Susan D. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
This qualitative study investigated mothers' views about their role in their children's education and their expectations of their child's preschool. A particular focus of the study was to contrast the views of mothers with differing degrees of parenting self-efficacy and to contrast the perceptions of working-class and middle-class mothers.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Parent Role