Parent Involvement, African American Mothers, and the Politics of Educational Care

Autor/in	Cooper, Camille Wilson
Titel	Parent Involvement, African American Mothers, and the Politics of Educational Care
Quelle	In: Equity & Excellence in Education, 42 (2009) 4, S.379-394 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-5684
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Politics of Education; African American Family; Womens Studies; Employed Women; Caring; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Parent Attitudes; Educational Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Kindererziehung; Elternverhalten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung
Abstract	This paper explores the relationship between notions of parent involvement and conceptions of care as they relate to educators' deficit perceptions of African American mothers. Black feminist and womanist interpretations of the ethic of care are used to reframe the biased discourse on parent involvement in schools. Specific consideration is given to how educational scholarship can better acknowledge African American mothers' race-based, gendered, and class-related contexts. Data from an in-depth, qualitative study of the educational experiences, values, and choices of low-income and working-class African American mothers inform the discussion. The study offers insight about the care and justice-seeking efforts of African American women. Implications for revising parent involvement typologies and strengthening school-family relationships according to a culturally relevant framework are emphasized. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10