Giselle Navarro-Cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giselle Navarro-Cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giselle |
| FAMILY NAME | Navarro-Cruz |
| SIGNATURE | NAVARRO-CRUZ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3887-8615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building teacher agency through translanguaging
This critical participatory action research examines how a translanguaging-infused project supports pre- and in-service teachers in California in their development of teacher agency to work with multilingual children effectively. Data sources include pre-service teachers’ final reflections from a course on multilingualism in early childhood and in-service teachers’ focus-group meetings following a workshop on translanguaging practices. Data are d…
Higher education faculty beliefs in preparing the early learning and care workforce to work with dual language learners
Dual language learners (DLLs) represent a large portion of children ages birth through five in the United States. California (CA) is one of the states with the largest DLL populations with about 59% of people in CA identifying as DLLs. While DLLs constitute a large portion of children in California, early learning and care (ELC) educators in California do not receive adequate preparation to work with this population. Institutions of higher educat…
Accommodating life's demands
Affordable, accessible, and quality childcare is important for student parents in higher education who are raising children under the age of 5. With a growing student parent population (Noll et al., 2017), it is important to explore how student parents make decisions on childcare for their children, ages birth to 5, to support their pursuit of higher education. Limited research exists on student parents’ childcare choices and the factors that inf…
There's Not One Way to Do It
Discipline is one of the most challenging tasks for parents of young children. Parental choices of discipline can vary greatly by race and ethnicity (Coley et al., 2014). Research on Latino families' choices of discipline has been inconsistent and from a deficit lens (Rodriguez, 2008). The current qualitative study uses a Funds of Knowledge framework to understand how Latina mothers from the Western United States with young children make decision…
From Teen Parent to Student Parent
Less than half of adolescent mothers graduate from high school and fewer obtain a post-secondary degree. The purpose of this study is to understand how Latina mothers who experienced childbirth during adolescence transition to parenthood and higher education. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews with Latina mothers enrolled in higher education. We found that Latina mothers’ persistence in higher education is influenced by psychosocial factors, ini…
It’s Not Rational It’s Complicated
In order to understand Latina mothers’ choices of childcare for their children ages birth to five, a qualitative study of 42 Latina mothers (ages 18 to 43) from Southern California was conducted. Research has found that work status, school status, mother’s level of education, acculturation, household composition, income level, and neighborhood resources play a role in how mothers choose childcare for their children. A descriptive analysis based o…
Accommodating life's demands
Affordable, accessible, and quality childcare is important for student parents in higher education who are raising children under the age of 5. With a growing student parent population (Noll et al., 2017), it is important to explore how student parents make decisions on childcare for their children, ages birth to 5, to support their pursuit of higher education. Limited research exists on student parents’ childcare choices and the factors that inf…
There's Not One Way to Do It
Discipline is one of the most challenging tasks for parents of young children. Parental choices of discipline can vary greatly by race and ethnicity (Coley et al., 2014). Research on Latino families' choices of discipline has been inconsistent and from a deficit lens (Rodriguez, 2008). The current qualitative study uses a Funds of Knowledge framework to understand how Latina mothers from the Western United States with young children make decision…
From Teen Parent to Student Parent
Less than half of adolescent mothers graduate from high school and fewer obtain a post-secondary degree. The purpose of this study is to understand how Latina mothers who experienced childbirth during adolescence transition to parenthood and higher education. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews with Latina mothers enrolled in higher education. We found that Latina mothers’ persistence in higher education is influenced by psychosocial factors, ini…
It’s Not Rational It’s Complicated
In order to understand Latina mothers’ choices of childcare for their children ages birth to five, a qualitative study of 42 Latina mothers (ages 18 to 43) from Southern California was conducted. Research has found that work status, school status, mother’s level of education, acculturation, household composition, income level, and neighborhood resources play a role in how mothers choose childcare for their children. A descriptive analysis based o…
There's Not One Way to Do It
Discipline is one of the most challenging tasks for parents of young children. Parental choices of discipline can vary greatly by race and ethnicity (Coley et al., 2014). Research on Latino families' choices of discipline has been inconsistent and from a deficit lens (Rodriguez, 2008). The current qualitative study uses a Funds of Knowledge framework to understand how Latina mothers from the Western United States with young children make decision…
Accommodating life's demands
Affordable, accessible, and quality childcare is important for student parents in higher education who are raising children under the age of 5. With a growing student parent population (Noll et al., 2017), it is important to explore how student parents make decisions on childcare for their children, ages birth to 5, to support their pursuit of higher education. Limited research exists on student parents’ childcare choices and the factors that inf…
Higher education faculty beliefs in preparing the early learning and care workforce to work with dual language learners
Dual language learners (DLLs) represent a large portion of children ages birth through five in the United States. California (CA) is one of the states with the largest DLL populations with about 59% of people in CA identifying as DLLs. While DLLs constitute a large portion of children in California, early learning and care (ELC) educators in California do not receive adequate preparation to work with this population. Institutions of higher educat…
Building teacher agency through translanguaging
This critical participatory action research examines how a translanguaging-infused project supports pre- and in-service teachers in California in their development of teacher agency to work with multilingual children effectively. Data sources include pre-service teachers’ final reflections from a course on multilingualism in early childhood and in-service teachers’ focus-group meetings following a workshop on translanguaging practices. Data are d…
Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)