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title | : | Bridging Cultures between Home and School : A Guide for Teachers : With a Special Focus On Immigrant Latino Families |
author | : | Trumbull, Elise. |
publisher | : | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0805835199 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780805835199 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585379869 |
language | : | English |
subject | Home and school--United States, Parent-teacher relationships--United States, Multicultural education--United States, Children of immigrants--Education--United States, Latinos--Education--United States. |
publication date | : | 2001 |
lcc | : | LC1099.3.B74 2001eb |
ddc | : | 370.117/0973 |
subject | : | Home and school--United States, Parent-teacher relationships--United States, Multicultural education--United States, Children of immigrants--Education--United States, Latinos--Education--United States. |
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Bridging Cultures
between Home and School
A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
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Bridging Cultures
between Home and School
A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
with a special focus on immigrant Latino families
Elise Trumbull, Ed.D.
Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Ph.D.
Patricia M. Greenfield, Ph.D.
Blanca Quiroz, M.A.
with
Marie Altchech, M.A.
Catherine Daley, M.F.A.
Kathryn Eyler
Elvia Hernandez
Giancarlo Mercado
Amada Irma Prez, M.A.
Pearl Saitzyk
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Copyright 2001 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bridging cultures between home and school: a guide for teachers: with special focus on immigrant Latino families / Elise Trumbull [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3519-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Home and schoolUnited States. 2. Parent-teacher relationshipsUnited States. 3. Multicultural educationUnited States. 4. Children of immigrantsEducationUnited States. 5. LatinosEducationUnited States. I. Trumbull, Elise.
LC1099.3.B74 2001
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Author Affiliation
Elise Trumbull, Ed.D.
Culture and Language in Education Program
WestEd
San Francisco, California
Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
College of Education
California State University, Northridge, California
Patricia M. Greenfield, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Blanca Quiroz, M.A.
Department of Psychology and Latin American Studies Program
University of California, Los Angeles, California
(now a doctoral candidate, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California
Marie Altchech, M.A., Stoner Ave. Elementary School
Catherine Daley, M.F.A., Magnolia Elementary School
Kathryn Eyler, Hoover Ave. Elementary School
Giancarlo Mercado, Westminster Ave. Elementary School
Pearl Saitzyk, Westminster Ave. Elementary School
Los Nietos School District, Whittier, California
Elvia Hernandez, Ada S. Nelson Elementary School
Ocean View School District, Oxnard, California
Amada Irma Prez, M.A., Mar Vista Elementary School
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We dedicate this book to the immigrant students and their families, who deal so valiantly with uprooting and transplantation.
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Contents
PREFACE | xiii |
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Responding to the Increase in Classroom Diversity | xiii |
Introducing a Framework for Understanding Culture | xv |
A Truly Useful Theoretical Framework | xvi |
The Bridging Cultures Project | xvii |
Organization of the Guide | xix |
A Few Words about Terminology | xx |
Acknowledgments | xxi |
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THE BRIDGING CULTURES FRAMEWORK | |
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But First, What Is Culture? | 1 |
The Power of the Bridging Cultures Framework | 2 |
Limitations of a Single Model for Child Development | 2 |
The Dynamic Nature of Culture | 3 |
Individualism and Collectivism | 4 |
Further Contrasts between Individualism and Collectivism | 9 |
Different Orientations, Different Outcomes | 13 |
Individualism and Collectivism in Collision | 14 |
Relationship to Other Frameworks for Understanding Cultures | 21 |
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Strands of Multicultural Education | 23 |
Conclusion | 26 |
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PARENT INVOLVEMENT: RECOMMENDED BUT NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL | |
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Minority Parent Involvement | 32 |
Parent-School Partnerships: Responsibilities of Parents and Schools | 33 |
Factors Influencing Parent Participation | 43 |
Questioning Assumptions | 47 |
Looking beyond Demographics to Interpersonal Processes | 48 |
Finding Common Ground between Home and School | 52 |
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THE CROSS-CULTURALPARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE | |
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What Is a Cross-Cultural Parent-Teacher Conference? | 56 |
The Tradition of Parent-Teacher Conferences | 57 |
Research on Cross-Cultural Parent-Teacher Conferences | 58 |
Culture and Communication in the Parent-Teacher Conference | 59 |
Using Cultural Knowledge to Enhance Communication | 63 |
Improving Parent-Teacher Conferences | 66 |
Putting the Parent-Teacher Conference in Proper Perspective | |
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