Educational and Mothering Discourses and Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency in a Family Literacy Program. Research Brief #8

Autor/in	Toso, Blaire Willson
Institution	Pennsylvania State University, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
Titel	Educational and Mothering Discourses and Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency in a Family Literacy Program. Research Brief #8
Quelle	(2012), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Females; Immigrants; Literacy Education; Family Literacy; Mexican Americans; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Discourse Analysis; Mothers; Parenting Styles; Academic Aspiration; Social Status; Self Concept; Parenting Skills; Cultural Differences; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanoamerikaner; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Diskursanalyse; Mother; Mutter; Sozialer Status; Selbstkonzept; Kultureller Unterschied; Schulleistung
Abstract	Family literacy programs promote certain ideas about literacy and parenting. This study examined how Mexican immigrant women in a family literacy program used mainstream ideas, or discourses, of mothering and parent involvement in education to pursue their own personal and academic goals. The findings revealed that women were at times faced with the dilemma of choosing between Mexican ideas about mothering and those embedded in the family literacy program. However, they also used family literacy discourses to justify their educational pursuits, gain power and prestige in their nuclear and extended families, work toward more equitable gender relationships in the home, set goals, expand their identity, and participate in mainstream society. Furthermore, participation in family literacy classes helped to support their children's academic success. Lastly, participants combined U.S. and Mexican discourses to reflect their ideas of good mothering and demonstrate their mothering abilities. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy. 405 Keller Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-865-5876; Fax: 814-863-6108; e-mail: goodlinginstitute@psu.edu; Web site: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/goodling-institute
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10