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ERIC Number: EJ1202827
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1361-3324
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Latino/a Immigrant Parents' Educational Aspirations for Their Children
Langenkamp, Amy G.
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v22 n2 p231-249 2019
This study explores Latino/a parents' educational aspirations and parents' perspectives on supporting educational attainment as a way to better understand the connection between high educational aspirations among Latino/a parents and hindrances to Latino/a youth educational attainment. Data from focus group interviews with immigrant Latino/a parents suggest that parents' high educational aspirations are shaped by their lived experiences of their own educational and occupational struggles, their immigrant status, and perceptions of opportunity in the United States. In turn, parents' perspectives on supporting educational attainment are focused on education in the home and guiding their children to overcome inevitable obstacles. This study contributes to current research by expanding sociological theory related to the status attainment process for Latino/as as well as incorporating parents' perspectives into the broader body of knowledge about how parents support their children's attainment.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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