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Direct linkERIC Number: ED605340
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr-29
Pages: 6
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The Funds of Knowledge of Latina Student Mothers at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Hernandez, Susana; Hernandez, Ignacio; Alamillo, Laura A.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
This study seeks explores how Latina student mothers mediate their educational success by understanding how students balance their educational responsibilities with motherhood. This qualitative study utilizes funds of knowledge (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & González, 1992) as a theoretical framework to identify and document the wealth of knowledge, skills, and cultural resources Latino families contain.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Mothers, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Parent Child Relationship, Persistence, Parent Aspiration, Parent Responsibility, Student Responsibility, Child Development Centers, State Universities, College Students, Competence, Cultural Capital
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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