Academic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children Building o
This book offers a strengths-based, family-focused approach to improving the educational performance and school experience of struggling Black and Latino students. The book discusses educational challenges faced by low-income families of color and th
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demic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children Building on Family Strengths
Academic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children
Susan Sonnenschein Brook E. Sawyer •
Editors
Academic Socialization of Young Black and Latino Children Building on Family Strengths
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Editors Susan Sonnenschein Department of Psychology University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, USA
Brook E. Sawyer College of Education Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-04485-5 ISBN 978-3-030-04486-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04486-2
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To all the families who have shared their talents, knowledge, and experiences with us. We are honored to have learned from you. Susan Sonnenschein and Brook E. Sawyer
Foreword
Strengths. Deficits. These words are frequently the subject of discussion and debate among researchers studying education and child development across diverse segments of the US population. When studying or serving families who face social and economic disadvantages in society, are their strengths recognized and capitalized on, or do schools—and scholars—get stuck on perceived deficits with the implication that they need to be fixed? In the years that I that have been conducting mixed methods research on the transition into formal schooling among children from Mexican immigrant families, I have become more and more an advocate for shining a light on strengths. The reason is my observation of how little “credit” that such parents get from others, especially school personnel, for all of the work that they put into managing their childr
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