Max Antony-Newman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1606554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Max Antony-Newman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Max |
| FAMILY NAME | Antony-Newman |
| SIGNATURE | ANTONY-NEWMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2765-3277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Preparing teachers for parent engagement
Parent engagement has long been considered important for students' academic achievement and well-being.To ensure strength-based parent engagement, it is important for teachers to be prepared to work with parents.This study reports findings from interviews with Canadian teacher educators to better understand their role in preparing teachers for parent engagement.Teacher educators consider readiness for parent engagement a vital competence for teac…
The role of plurilingual parenting in parental engagement of immigrant families
Due to the increased mobility and linguistic and cultural diversity internationally, there has been a renewed interest in the linguistic practices of immigrant families. Earlier scholarship focused on the difference between parenting in monolingual contexts and bilingual parenting conceptualised as management of more than one language in a family. To better understand the complexity of language practices in immigrant families, this article develo…
Middle-class parental engagement in pandemic times
Despite the rhetoric of 'we are all in this together' during the COVID-19 pandemic, not all families experienced schooling disruption in 2020-2022 equally. middle-class parents typically enjoy significant advantage over parents in working-class occupations. To illuminate class-based differences in parental engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic, here we present data from interviews with 15 middle-class Canadian parents. We found that middle-clas…
Teachers and School Leaders' Readiness for Parental Engagement
Teacher readiness for parental engagement is a vital competence in the context of increased emphasis on engaging parents in K-12 schools. The rise in the standards movement in education led to the inclusion of parental engagement in teacher standards. Here, critical policy analysis of teacher standards shows how teachers' and school leaders' readiness for parental engagement is addressed in Canadian policy documents. Teacher readiness is conceptu…
Barriers and Facilitators for Academic Success and Social Integration of Refugee Students in Canadian and US K–12 Schools
Despite the status of Canada and the United States as major destinations for refugees worldwide, school-age refugee children in their K–12 schools continue to face significant challenges. To better understand barriers and facilitators for refugee students after resettlement, we carried out a meta-synthesis of 34 peer-reviewed articles that shed light on the educational experiences of refugee students in this geographic context. Our analysis shows…
The immigrant perspective
Parental involvement is a crucial, but often, neglected factor for success in learning languages. A growing number of Canadian students from immigrant families attend French Immersion programs and bring additional languages to the classroom. Yet, the role of Eastern-European immigrant parents in their children’s French Immersion education, their beliefs about speaking multiple languages, and developing literacy practices at home across multiple l…
Parental involvement of Eastern European immigrant parents in Canada
This study focuses on the parental involvement among Eastern European immigrant parents of elementary school students in Canada. Interviewed parents (N + 19) were educated in several Eastern European countries and had children attending elementary schools in the province of Ontario at the time of the study. The analysis was informed by the concepts of social and cultural capital developed by Pierre Bourdieu. It was found that Eastern European imm…
Parental involvement of immigrant parents
As a key predictor of students’ academic achievement parental involvement has been in the centre of attention of both educational researchers and policymakers for quite some time. Immigrant parents represent a growing, but under-researched group with its distinctive experiences and expectations. This study provides a systematic synthesis of 40 qualitative and quantitative studies on parental involvement among immigrant parents in North America, E…
Social class and educational inequality
In her seminal work Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, Annette Lareau (2003, 2011) was one of the first scholars to bring Pierre Bourdieu’s analytical tools of capital and habitus to
Teachers and School Leaders' Readiness for Parental Engagement
Teacher readiness for parental engagement is a vital competence in the context of increased emphasis on engaging parents in K-12 schools. The rise in the standards movement in education led to the inclusion of parental engagement in teacher standards. Here, critical policy analysis of teacher standards shows how teachers' and school leaders' readiness for parental engagement is addressed in Canadian policy documents. Teacher readiness is conceptu…
Parental involvement of Eastern European immigrant parents in Canada
This study focuses on the parental involvement among Eastern European immigrant parents of elementary school students in Canada. Interviewed parents (N + 19) were educated in several Eastern European countries and had children attending elementary schools in the province of Ontario at the time of the study. The analysis was informed by the concepts of social and cultural capital developed by Pierre Bourdieu. It was found that Eastern European imm…
The role of plurilingual parenting in parental engagement of immigrant families
Due to the increased mobility and linguistic and cultural diversity internationally, there has been a renewed interest in the linguistic practices of immigrant families. Earlier scholarship focused on the difference between parenting in monolingual contexts and bilingual parenting conceptualised as management of more than one language in a family. To better understand the complexity of language practices in immigrant families, this article develo…
Preparing teachers for parent engagement
Parent engagement has long been considered important for students' academic achievement and well-being.To ensure strength-based parent engagement, it is important for teachers to be prepared to work with parents.This study reports findings from interviews with Canadian teacher educators to better understand their role in preparing teachers for parent engagement.Teacher educators consider readiness for parent engagement a vital competence for teac…
Middle-class parental engagement in pandemic times
Despite the rhetoric of 'we are all in this together' during the COVID-19 pandemic, not all families experienced schooling disruption in 2020-2022 equally. middle-class parents typically enjoy significant advantage over parents in working-class occupations. To illuminate class-based differences in parental engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic, here we present data from interviews with 15 middle-class Canadian parents. We found that middle-clas…
Social class and educational inequality
In her seminal work Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, Annette Lareau (2003, 2011) was one of the first scholars to bring Pierre Bourdieu’s analytical tools of capital and habitus to
Parental involvement of immigrant parents
As a key predictor of students’ academic achievement parental involvement has been in the centre of attention of both educational researchers and policymakers for quite some time. Immigrant parents represent a growing, but under-researched group with its distinctive experiences and expectations. This study provides a systematic synthesis of 40 qualitative and quantitative studies on parental involvement among immigrant parents in North America, E…
Parental involvement of Eastern European immigrant parents in Canada
This study focuses on the parental involvement among Eastern European immigrant parents of elementary school students in Canada. Interviewed parents (N + 19) were educated in several Eastern European countries and had children attending elementary schools in the province of Ontario at the time of the study. The analysis was informed by the concepts of social and cultural capital developed by Pierre Bourdieu. It was found that Eastern European imm…
The immigrant perspective
Parental involvement is a crucial, but often, neglected factor for success in learning languages. A growing number of Canadian students from immigrant families attend French Immersion programs and bring additional languages to the classroom. Yet, the role of Eastern-European immigrant parents in their children’s French Immersion education, their beliefs about speaking multiple languages, and developing literacy practices at home across multiple l…
Barriers and Facilitators for Academic Success and Social Integration of Refugee Students in Canadian and US K–12 Schools
Despite the status of Canada and the United States as major destinations for refugees worldwide, school-age refugee children in their K–12 schools continue to face significant challenges. To better understand barriers and facilitators for refugee students after resettlement, we carried out a meta-synthesis of 34 peer-reviewed articles that shed light on the educational experiences of refugee students in this geographic context. Our analysis shows…
The role of plurilingual parenting in parental engagement of immigrant families
Due to the increased mobility and linguistic and cultural diversity internationally, there has been a renewed interest in the linguistic practices of immigrant families. Earlier scholarship focused on the difference between parenting in monolingual contexts and bilingual parenting conceptualised as management of more than one language in a family. To better understand the complexity of language practices in immigrant families, this article develo…
Middle-class parental engagement in pandemic times
Despite the rhetoric of 'we are all in this together' during the COVID-19 pandemic, not all families experienced schooling disruption in 2020-2022 equally. middle-class parents typically enjoy significant advantage over parents in working-class occupations. To illuminate class-based differences in parental engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic, here we present data from interviews with 15 middle-class Canadian parents. We found that middle-clas…
Teachers and School Leaders' Readiness for Parental Engagement
Teacher readiness for parental engagement is a vital competence in the context of increased emphasis on engaging parents in K-12 schools. The rise in the standards movement in education led to the inclusion of parental engagement in teacher standards. Here, critical policy analysis of teacher standards shows how teachers' and school leaders' readiness for parental engagement is addressed in Canadian policy documents. Teacher readiness is conceptu…
Preparing teachers for parent engagement
Parent engagement has long been considered important for students' academic achievement and well-being.To ensure strength-based parent engagement, it is important for teachers to be prepared to work with parents.This study reports findings from interviews with Canadian teacher educators to better understand their role in preparing teachers for parent engagement.Teacher educators consider readiness for parent engagement a vital competence for teac…
Parental Involvement in Education (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Cultural capital (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (3 works)