Shaping the Educational Decisions of Mexican Immigrant High School Students

Autor/in	Valadez, James R.
Titel	Shaping the Educational Decisions of Mexican Immigrant High School Students
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 45 (2008) 4, S.834-860 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831208320244
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Mexican Americans; Schools; Ethnography; Values; Immigrants; High School Students; Case Studies; Decision Making; Student Attitudes; College Attendance; Cultural Background; World Views; Educational Attainment; Educational Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanoamerikaner; School; Schule; Ethnografie; Wertbegriff; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schülerverhalten; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; World view; Weltanschauung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung
Abstract	The purpose of this case study is to investigate the decision-making processes of 12 high-achieving rural Mexican immigrant high school students. Ethnographic data are collected over 18 months, and the investigation is guided by structuration theory. The strength of using structuration theory is that it opens up the possibility for exploring how students form decisions while taking into consideration how the students' social and cultural contexts influence their choices. The study shows that students do not follow a conventional path to college, a path that often conflicts with their own cultural values. Implications for this study indicate that educational institutions must learn more about the culture and worldviews of Mexican immigrants to create more effective paths to higher education. (Contains 3 tables and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10