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Biliteracy and Schooling in an Extended‐Family Nicaraguan Immigrant Household: The Sociohistorical Construction of Parental Involvement
Author(s) -
MenardWarwick Julia
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.2.119
Subject(s) - immigration , sociology , gender studies , context (archaeology) , variety (cybernetics) , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Situating parental involvement in education within a sociohistorical context, this case study of a Nicaraguan immigrant household in California contrasts the perspectives of two sisters‐inlaw who shared a home and whose daughters attended the same urban elementary school. Although the two women were involved in their daughters' schooling in different ways, the article illustrates how both women drew on a variety of personal, family, and community resources to support the girls' academic success.