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Kirmaci, Mehtap; Buxton, Cory A.; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Urban Education, 2023
Building upon a Freirean notion of dialogic education, the purpose of this multi-case study was to explore what happened when secondary science teachers came together with Latinx parents for their children's science learning in the context of a community-based science learning program. Constant comparative analysis of data revealed similarities…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science Education, Community Programs, Family Programs
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Kirmaci, Mehtap; Buxton, Cory A.; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021
This is a single-case study of Teresa, a Latina secondary science teacher, who reflected on her experiences with her Latinx bilingual immigrant students and families and other science educators in a dialogic science learning community. Bearing witness to Teresa's commitment and ongoing struggles for a more inclusive science teaching, we aimed to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Females
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Karsli-Calamak, Elif; Tuna, Mana Ece; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2020
Today in many countries, teachers working with children with refugee status are seeking ways to practice inclusive family engagement. In our two-year-long project, we worked with early childhood teachers serving refugee students in public schools in Turkey, which hosts the world's highest number of child refugees. Our project focused on creating…
Descriptors: Refugees, Family School Relationship, Family Involvement, Early Childhood Teachers
Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – 1991
An ethnographic case study investigated relations between teachers and parents of minority-language students in two elementary schools in a small California agricultural community. The study examined: (1) school district policies and guidelines concerning teacher interactions with parents and parent involvement in school activities; (2) the range…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Ethnography
Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – 1992
Findings of a case study that investigated immigrant bilingual and English-speaking parents' views on education are presented in this paper. The study was undertaken to analyze the relationship between cultural knowledge and the parents' attitudes toward schooling. Participant observation and interviews were conducted with 3 teachers and 13…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Family Environment
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Allexsaht-Snider, Martha – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Reviews research on teacher-parent relations, integrating three teachers' perspectives on their work with families in a bilingual community. Describes observations and interviews with teachers and parents over a school year that offer data for an in-depth analysis of teachers' perspectives on teacher-parent interactions in this setting. Discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Bilingual Education, Case Studies