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2021-02-02

The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children’s Education: A Case Study

La Influencia de la Clase Social Sobre la Participación Familiar en la Educación de los Niños: Un Estudio de Caso

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https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185

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Math Learning, Social Class, Productive Struggle, Family Involvement, Latinx immigrants (en)
Aprendizaje Matemático, Clase Social, Lucha Productiva, Participación Familiar, Inmigrantes Latinx (es)

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Parental involvement in children’s education is commonly accepted as beneficial. However, family social class plays a crucial role in the efficacy of homework help. In a comparative case study, a low-income immigrant family from Mexico and a middle-income family in Los Angeles were observed helping their children with math homework and were asked questions about goals, tutoring strategies, and beliefs about learning. Qualitative analysis focused on two effective teaching methods: scaffolding and productive struggle. The low-income mother with little formal education provided direct help rather than a scaffold, and disapproved of hard problems. However, an older sibling with more education than her mother used scaffolding and believed that difficult problems aid learning. In these respects, she resembled the college-educated middle-income mother. The sister exemplifies how older siblings in immigrant families provide bridges to educational achievement for younger siblings. We suggest effective ways for schools to involve parents who lacked educational opportunity themselves to participate in the education of their children.

 

How to cite this article: Vazquez, S. R., & Greenfield, P. M. (2021). The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children’s Education: A Case Study. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 30(1), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185

La participación de los padres en la educación de sus niños es establecida como beneficiosa. Sin embargo, la clase social de la familia tiene una fuerte influencia sobre la eficacia de su ayuda con las tareas. En un estudio de caso comparativo, una familia inmigrante de México, de bajos ingresos, y una familia de Los Ángeles, de medianos ingresos, fueron observadas ayudando a sus niñas con deberes en matemáticas. Además, el investigador hizo preguntas sobre metas, estrategias de enseñanza y creencias sobre el aprendizaje. El análisis cualitativo se centró en dos métodos efectivos de enseñanza: proporcionar el aprendizaje de manera de andamio y estimular la lucha productiva. La madre de ingresos bajos proporcionó apoyo directo a su hija en lugar de proporcionar un andamio, y ella desaprobó los problemas difíciles; sin embargo, una hermana mayor con más educación que la madre proporcionó un andamio y creyó que los problemas difíciles ayudan al aprendizaje. En estos aspectos, la hermana mayor era similar a la madre de ingresos medios con educación universitaria. La hermana demuestra cómo hermanos mayores en las familias inmigrantes proporcionan puentes al éxito educativo para los hermanos menores. Sugerimos modos efectivos para que las escuelas puedan alentar a los padres con falta de oportunidades educativas a participar en la educación de sus hijos.

 

Cómo citar este artículo: Vazquez, S. R., & Greenfield, P. M. (2021). La Influencia de la Clase Social Sobre la Participación Familiar en la Educación de los Niños: Un Estudio de Caso. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 30(1), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185

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Vazquez, S. R. and Greenfield, P. M. (2021). The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children’s Education: A Case Study. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185

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VAZQUEZ, S. R.; GREENFIELD, P. M. The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children’s Education: A Case Study. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, [S. l.], v. 30, n. 1, 2021. DOI: 10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/89185. Acesso em: 31 may. 2024.

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Vazquez, Salvador R., and Patricia M. Greenfield. 2021. “The Influence of Social Class on Family Participation in Children’s Education: A Case Study”. Revista Colombiana De Psicología 30 (1). https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.89185.

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