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Cultural Models in Communication with Infants: Lessons from Kikaikelaki, Cameroon and Muenster, Germany
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Demuth, Carolin; Keller, Heidi; Yovsi, Relindis D. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2012
Child rearing is a universal task, yet there are differing solutions according to the dynamics of socio-cultural milieu in which children are raised. Cultural models of what is considered good or bad parenting become explicit in everyday routine practices. Focusing on early mother-infant interactions in this article we examine the discursive…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Infants, Foreign Countries
Family Relational Values in the Parent-Adolescent Relationship
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Edgar-Smith, Susan E.; Wozniak, Robert H. – Counseling and Values, 2010
This study measured the relational family values system of upper-middle-class mothers, fathers, and adolescents in the United States. Results revealed that participants shared common family values that mainly reflected the importance of individualism, equality in family relationships, family member interdependence, and parental guidance. Parent…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Subcultures, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
LOWER-CLASS NEGRO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
BELL, ROBERT R. – 1964
REPORTED IS A STUDY OF THE ASPIRATIONS OF 202 NEGRO MOTHERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. AN INTERVIEW SCHEDULE WAS ADMINISTERED BY TWO NEGRO WOMEN TO FOUR SUBGROUPS OF LOW AND HIGH STATUS MOTHERS. SUBGROUPS WERE DEFINED ON THE BASIS OF EDUCATION AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN. THE ASPIRATION OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE EXAMINED WITHIN THREE CATEGORIES--(1)…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Mothers, Career Choice, Children
The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education
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Apple, Michael W., Ed.; Ball, Stephen J., Ed.; Gandin, Luis Armando, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This collection brings together many of the world's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Higher Education, Middle Class
Self-Interest and Liberal Educational Discourse: How Ideology Works for Middle-Class Mothers.
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Brantlinger, Ellen; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1996
Results of a study in 20 middle-class households indicate that middle-class mothers, perceived as liberals who believe in integrated and inclusive education, still support segregated and stratified school structures that mainly benefit the middle class. The study illustrates how ideology allows parents to deal with these contradictions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ideology, Liberalism, Middle Class Parents
An Evaluation of Selected Cognitive and Social Dimensions in Poverty Intervention Project Participants.
Crown, Barry Michael – 1969
This study evaluated the functioning of 20 lower class mothers who had participated in the Project Know How (PKH) child care and family life education program at Florida State University. They were compared with control groups of 20 lower class (LCC) and 20 middle class (MCC) mothers on cognitive complexity or ability, interpersonal competence,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Change, Bibliographies, Child Care