Diana T Slaughter-Defoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1476522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana T Slaughter-Defoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana T |
| FAMILY NAME | Slaughter-Defoe |
| SIGNATURE | SLAUGHTER-DEFOE D T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; . edu. Her research interests in childhood socialization include culture, primary education, and home–school relations that facilitate in-school academic achievement of African American children. She concluded a collaborative research evaluation of the Comer School Development Program, a parent-focused school reform model implemented in several lower-income Chicago schools; she is presently writing a... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Language attitudes and heritage language maintenance among Chinese immigrant families in the USA
This qualitative study investigates attitudes toward heritage language (HL) maintenance among Chinese immigrant parents and their second-generation children. Specific attention is given to exploring (1) what attitudes are held by the Chinese parents and children toward Chinese language maintenance in the USA, (2) what efforts are engaged in by the Chinese parents in promoting children's HL maintenance, and how do the second-generation children re…
Having an Identity and Standing for a Mission: Curing Racism
Toward the Future Schooling of Girls: Global Status, Issues, and Prospects
This paper evaluates the role that formal schooling has played in the lives of girls and women in 20th century developing and developed nations. Studies of the literacy rates of girls and women around the world are considered together with studies of maternal schooling, and its effects on a variety of female behaviors. The paper is designed to provoke critical discussion about the future of public schooling worldwide, using the complex relationsh…
Young African American and Latino Children in High-Poverty Urban Schools: How They Perceive School Climate
This article reports findings of a study of third-graders' perceptions of school climate, a key variable of the Comer School Development Program. A self-report survey was individually administered to 1,000 African American and 260 Latino children participating in an evaluation of the Comer process; data were factor-analyzed. African American children viewed teacher-child relations as the most important dimension of school climate. For them, besid…
Revisiting the concept of socialization: Caregiving and teaching in the 90s—A personal perspective
Home Visiting with Families in Poverty: Introducing the Concept of Culture
In this article Diana Slaughter-Defoe asserts that those planning home visiting programs must pay careful attention to the cultural context in which the services will be delivered. She illustrates this assertion by relating her experience with programs serving African-American families and discussing how cultural characteristics of this group have implications for the design of home visiting programs. Slaughter-Defoe also recommends additional st…
Parental Education Choice: Some African American Dilemmas
Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Parental Education Choice: Some African American Dilemmas, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 60, No. 3, Socialization Forces Affecting the Education of African American Youth in the 1990s (Summer, 1991), pp. 354-360
Language attitudes and heritage language maintenance among Chinese immigrant families in the USA
This qualitative study investigates attitudes toward heritage language (HL) maintenance among Chinese immigrant parents and their second-generation children. Specific attention is given to exploring (1) what attitudes are held by the Chinese parents and children toward Chinese language maintenance in the USA, (2) what efforts are engaged in by the Chinese parents in promoting children's HL maintenance, and how do the second-generation children re…
Revisiting the concept of socialization: Caregiving and teaching in the 90s—A personal perspective
Home Visiting with Families in Poverty: Introducing the Concept of Culture
In this article Diana Slaughter-Defoe asserts that those planning home visiting programs must pay careful attention to the cultural context in which the services will be delivered. She illustrates this assertion by relating her experience with programs serving African-American families and discussing how cultural characteristics of this group have implications for the design of home visiting programs. Slaughter-Defoe also recommends additional st…
Young African American and Latino Children in High-Poverty Urban Schools: How They Perceive School Climate
This article reports findings of a study of third-graders' perceptions of school climate, a key variable of the Comer School Development Program. A self-report survey was individually administered to 1,000 African American and 260 Latino children participating in an evaluation of the Comer process; data were factor-analyzed. African American children viewed teacher-child relations as the most important dimension of school climate. For them, besid…
Parental Education Choice: Some African American Dilemmas
Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Parental Education Choice: Some African American Dilemmas, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 60, No. 3, Socialization Forces Affecting the Education of African American Youth in the 1990s (Summer, 1991), pp. 354-360
Home Visiting with Families in Poverty: Introducing the Concept of Culture
In this article Diana Slaughter-Defoe asserts that those planning home visiting programs must pay careful attention to the cultural context in which the services will be delivered. She illustrates this assertion by relating her experience with programs serving African-American families and discussing how cultural characteristics of this group have implications for the design of home visiting programs. Slaughter-Defoe also recommends additional st…
Revisiting the concept of socialization: Caregiving and teaching in the 90s—A personal perspective
Young African American and Latino Children in High-Poverty Urban Schools: How They Perceive School Climate
This article reports findings of a study of third-graders' perceptions of school climate, a key variable of the Comer School Development Program. A self-report survey was individually administered to 1,000 African American and 260 Latino children participating in an evaluation of the Comer process; data were factor-analyzed. African American children viewed teacher-child relations as the most important dimension of school climate. For them, besid…
Toward the Future Schooling of Girls: Global Status, Issues, and Prospects
This paper evaluates the role that formal schooling has played in the lives of girls and women in 20th century developing and developed nations. Studies of the literacy rates of girls and women around the world are considered together with studies of maternal schooling, and its effects on a variety of female behaviors. The paper is designed to provoke critical discussion about the future of public schooling worldwide, using the complex relationsh…
Having an Identity and Standing for a Mission: Curing Racism
Language attitudes and heritage language maintenance among Chinese immigrant families in the USA
This qualitative study investigates attitudes toward heritage language (HL) maintenance among Chinese immigrant parents and their second-generation children. Specific attention is given to exploring (1) what attitudes are held by the Chinese parents and children toward Chinese language maintenance in the USA, (2) what efforts are engaged in by the Chinese parents in promoting children's HL maintenance, and how do the second-generation children re…
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (2 works)