Erin Mcnamara Horvat
Biographic Data
| ID | 163449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Mcnamara Horvat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin Mcnamara |
| FAMILY NAME | Horvat |
| SIGNATURE | HORVAT E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 799 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Choosing selves: The salience of parental identity in the school choice process
With the proliferation of choice policies in education, parents are increasingly positioned as ‘consumers’ tasked with choosing the ‘best’ school for their children. Yet a large body of research has shown that the process of selecting a school is far more complicated than policy-makers and researchers often predict. This article uses ethnographic data on middle-class parents in a large city who are considering sending their children to a diverse …
Schools as Sites for Transformation: Exploring the Contribution of Habitus
Schools are often criticized for their role in creating the dropout problem. This article illustrates that with the right resources and approach, educational programs could become sites of transformation rather than reproducers of social inequality. Narrative and thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with graduates of a nationwide program that serves high school dropouts reveals that its asset-based, mission-driven approach touched many aspect…
Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools
Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations. This study of parental involvement in two urban schools suggests that middle-class parental involvement may be more complex than often assumed. The authors find that middle-class parents bring myriad resources to urban schools and can be catalysts for change. However, the re…
From Social Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relations Between Schools and Parent Networks
Focusing on parental networks—a central dimension of social capital—this article uses ethnographic data to examine social-class differences in the relations between families and schools. We detail the characteristics of networks across different classes and then explore the ways that networks come into play when parents are confronted by problematic school situations. The middle-class parents in our study tended to react collectively, in contrast…
Reassessing the 'Burden of 'Acting White: The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success
Erin McNamara Horvat, Kristine S. Lewis, Reassessing the "Burden of 'Acting White'": The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 265-280
Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships
This article presents a case study of parents' involvement with their third-grade children. Using interviews and classroom observations, the research revealed how some black parents, deeply concemed about the historical legacy of discrimination against blacks in schooling, approach the school with open criticisms. Since educators seek a positive and deferential role for parents in schooling, race appears to play an independent role in parents' ab…
Hey, Those Shoes Are Out of Uniform: African American Girls in an Elite High School and the Importance of Habitus
We examine how race and class influenced the lives of six African American high school seniors who attended a predominantly white, elite, independent secondary school. Race and class contributed to an organizational habitus of the school characterized by white and wealthy privilege. Interaction of that dominant habitus with the dissimilar individual habitus of the students resulted in a form of symbolic violence-symbolic violence the black studen…
Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships
This article presents a case study of parents' involvement with their third-grade children. Using interviews and classroom observations, the research revealed how some black parents, deeply concemed about the historical legacy of discrimination against blacks in schooling, approach the school with open criticisms. Since educators seek a positive and deferential role for parents in schooling, race appears to play an independent role in parents' ab…
From Social Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relations Between Schools and Parent Networks
Focusing on parental networks—a central dimension of social capital—this article uses ethnographic data to examine social-class differences in the relations between families and schools. We detail the characteristics of networks across different classes and then explore the ways that networks come into play when parents are confronted by problematic school situations. The middle-class parents in our study tended to react collectively, in contrast…
Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools
Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations. This study of parental involvement in two urban schools suggests that middle-class parental involvement may be more complex than often assumed. The authors find that middle-class parents bring myriad resources to urban schools and can be catalysts for change. However, the re…
Hey, Those Shoes Are Out of Uniform: African American Girls in an Elite High School and the Importance of Habitus
We examine how race and class influenced the lives of six African American high school seniors who attended a predominantly white, elite, independent secondary school. Race and class contributed to an organizational habitus of the school characterized by white and wealthy privilege. Interaction of that dominant habitus with the dissimilar individual habitus of the students resulted in a form of symbolic violence-symbolic violence the black studen…
Reassessing the 'Burden of 'Acting White: The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success
Erin McNamara Horvat, Kristine S. Lewis, Reassessing the "Burden of 'Acting White'": The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 265-280
Choosing selves: The salience of parental identity in the school choice process
With the proliferation of choice policies in education, parents are increasingly positioned as ‘consumers’ tasked with choosing the ‘best’ school for their children. Yet a large body of research has shown that the process of selecting a school is far more complicated than policy-makers and researchers often predict. This article uses ethnographic data on middle-class parents in a large city who are considering sending their children to a diverse …
Schools as Sites for Transformation: Exploring the Contribution of Habitus
Schools are often criticized for their role in creating the dropout problem. This article illustrates that with the right resources and approach, educational programs could become sites of transformation rather than reproducers of social inequality. Narrative and thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with graduates of a nationwide program that serves high school dropouts reveals that its asset-based, mission-driven approach touched many aspect…
Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships
This article presents a case study of parents' involvement with their third-grade children. Using interviews and classroom observations, the research revealed how some black parents, deeply concemed about the historical legacy of discrimination against blacks in schooling, approach the school with open criticisms. Since educators seek a positive and deferential role for parents in schooling, race appears to play an independent role in parents' ab…
Hey, Those Shoes Are Out of Uniform: African American Girls in an Elite High School and the Importance of Habitus
We examine how race and class influenced the lives of six African American high school seniors who attended a predominantly white, elite, independent secondary school. Race and class contributed to an organizational habitus of the school characterized by white and wealthy privilege. Interaction of that dominant habitus with the dissimilar individual habitus of the students resulted in a form of symbolic violence-symbolic violence the black studen…
From Social Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relations Between Schools and Parent Networks
Focusing on parental networks—a central dimension of social capital—this article uses ethnographic data to examine social-class differences in the relations between families and schools. We detail the characteristics of networks across different classes and then explore the ways that networks come into play when parents are confronted by problematic school situations. The middle-class parents in our study tended to react collectively, in contrast…
Reassessing the 'Burden of 'Acting White: The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success
Erin McNamara Horvat, Kristine S. Lewis, Reassessing the "Burden of 'Acting White'": The Importance of Peer Groups in Managing Academic Success, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 265-280
Perils and Promises: Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Urban Schools
Given recent trends, middle-class families may become an increasing presence in urban districts. Such parents could help secure badly needed resources and raise expectations. This study of parental involvement in two urban schools suggests that middle-class parental involvement may be more complex than often assumed. The authors find that middle-class parents bring myriad resources to urban schools and can be catalysts for change. However, the re…
Schools as Sites for Transformation: Exploring the Contribution of Habitus
Schools are often criticized for their role in creating the dropout problem. This article illustrates that with the right resources and approach, educational programs could become sites of transformation rather than reproducers of social inequality. Narrative and thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with graduates of a nationwide program that serves high school dropouts reveals that its asset-based, mission-driven approach touched many aspect…
Choosing selves: The salience of parental identity in the school choice process
With the proliferation of choice policies in education, parents are increasingly positioned as ‘consumers’ tasked with choosing the ‘best’ school for their children. Yet a large body of research has shown that the process of selecting a school is far more complicated than policy-makers and researchers often predict. This article uses ethnographic data on middle-class parents in a large city who are considering sending their children to a diverse …
School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Class (philosophy (2 works)