The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children's Education: A Case Study

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1 juin 2021

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family involvement latino immigrants math learning productive struggle social class


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SALVADOR R. VAZQUEZ et al., « The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children's Education: A Case Study », Revista Colombiana de Psicología, ID : 10670/1.dl4353


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Parental involvement in children's education is commonly accepted as beneficial. However, family social class plays a crucial role in the efficacy of homework help. In a comparative case study, a low-income immigrant family from Mexico and a middle-income family in Los Angeles were observed helping their children with math homework and were asked questions about goals, tutoring strategies, and beliefs about learning. Qualitative analysis focused on two effective teaching methods: scaffolding and productive struggle. The low-income mother with little formal education provided direct help rather than a scaffold, and disapproved of hard problems. However, an older sibling with more education than her mother used scaffolding and believed that difficult problems aid learning. In these respects, she resembled the college-educated middle-income mother. The sister exemplifies how older siblings in immigrant families provide bridges to educational achievement for younger siblings. We suggest effective ways for schools to involve parents who lacked educational opportunity themselves to participate in the education of their children.

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