International Parents Navigating Parental Involvement in a U.S. School: A Call for Intentionally Responsive Schools

Autor/inn/en	Gil, Elizabeth; Gedik, Serafettin; Ginanto, Dion Efrijum
Titel	International Parents Navigating Parental Involvement in a U.S. School: A Call for Intentionally Responsive Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 12 (2023), S.57-82, Artikel 3 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gil, Elizabeth) ORCID (Gedik, Serafettin) ORCID (Ginanto, Dion Efrijum)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Nationals; Parents; Parent Participation; Parent Attitudes; Acculturation; Expectation; Parent School Relationship; Cultural Awareness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausländer; Ausländerin; Eltern; Elternmitwirkung; Elternverhalten; Akkulturation; Expectancy; Erwartung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	Focusing on a group of international parents who came to the United States as visiting scholars, graduate students, or their partners, this qualitative study delineates the nature of their experiences as they navigated learning about parental involvement in a U.S. school. Despite the parents' extensive formal schooling in their home countries, they still experienced parental involvement as a process of adaptation to and discovery of expectations and permitted forms of involvement in the United States. They often learned of opportunities informally through contact with other parents. The school personnel with whom they engaged were critical in supporting their adjustment to the new school system, and the language and professional skills they brought with them also influenced how they interacted with school personnel. Our findings call schools to make intentional efforts to be culturally and linguistically responsive through informing and involving parents who are unfamiliar with U.S. schooling rather than leaving them to find their own way. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	New York State Association for Bilingual Education. 726 Broadway 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003. Tel: 718-817-5875; e-mail: jmer@fordham.edu; Web site: https://fordham.bepress.com/jmer/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01