Parents' Interactions with Their Children When Doing Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Civil, Marta; Díez-Palomar, Javier; Menéndez, José María; Acosta-Iriqui, Jesús
Titel	Parents' Interactions with Their Children When Doing Mathematics
Quelle	In: Adults Learning Mathematics, 3 (2008) 2, S.41-58 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-1803
Schlagwörter	Interaction; Parent Child Relationship; Hispanic Americans; Mathematics Instruction; Parent Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Parents as Teachers; Cultural Influences; Experience; Interviews; Focus Groups; Workshops; Observation; Grounded Theory; Addition; Subtraction; Problem Solving; Elementary School Mathematics; Parent Background + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Elternverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Erfahrung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Beobachtung; Subtraktion; Problemlösen; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Elternhaus
Abstract	In this paper we discuss a study that looks at the kinds of practices that Latino parents use to support their children's learning of mathematics. Some of our findings reveal that parents react to their children's mathematics education looking back to their own experiences as students. Thus, in some cases, they are faced with pedagogical strategies unfamiliar to them. This may lead to conflict but also to possibilities for exchange of strategies and learning for both parties, children and parents. Our study shows the resourcefulness among parents who not only had different learning experiences but also may encounter a language barrier. Parents turn to the community for help, such as taking their children to the community centre, or asking other family members or neighbors for help with homework. There are also parents who express some concern about the level of the mathematics that their children are studying. Some parents deliberately engage with their children in activities that promote and require explicit display of mathematical reasoning and knowledge. Our findings point to the different ways in which community, family and school are connected. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adults Learning Mathematics. 26 Tennyson Road, Kilburn, London NW6 7SA UK. e-mail: editor-i@alm-online.net; Web site: http://www.alm-online.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01