Making it work: low-income working mothers' involvement in their children's education.

Autor/inn/en	Weiss, Heather B.; u.a.
Titel	Making it work: low-income working mothers' involvement in their children's education.
Quelle	In: American educational research journal, 40 (2003) 4, S. 879-901Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 51; Tabellen 4; Grafiken 1
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312; 1935-1011
DOI	10.3102/00028312040004879
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Empirische Untersuchung; Qualitative Forschung; Quantitative Forschung; Soziale Situation; Familie; Mutter; Frau; Kind; Schule; Elternmitwirkung; Berufstätigkeit; USA
Abstract	This article explores the complex relation between employment and family involvement in children's elementary education for low-income women. Mixed-method analyses showed work as both an obstacle to and opportunity for involvement. Mothers who worked or attended school full time were less involved in their children's schooling than other mothers, and mothers who worked or attended school part time were more involved than other mothers.- Yet subtle and positive associations between maternal work and educational involvement also emerged. Working mothers described several stategies for educational involvement. The findings reframe current ecological conceptions of family involvement and call for policy and research consideration of the dilemma of work and family involvement. (DIPF/ Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2005_(CD)