Challenging "Best Practices" in Family Literacy and Parent Education Programs

The Development and Enactment of Mothering Knowledge among Puerto Rican and Latina Mothers in Chicago

Bibliographic Data

ID2280411
AuthorsLaura Ruth Johnson (Northern Illinois University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume40
Issue3
Pages257-276
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology & Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-7761 • E-ISSN: 1548-1492
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01044.x
OpenAlexW2051679857
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited17

This article discusses the findings of an ethnographic research study exploring the experiences of Puerto Rican women attending a family literacy program in Chicago. In particular, the study investigated the repositories of knowledge and information available to participating women that figured into the development of their notions about parenting, in the process posing these various trajectories against the types of knowledge and approaches usually promoted within family literacy and parent education programs. [teen mothers, family literacy programs, parent education, Puerto Rican mothers, Chicago, Latino/a communities

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Family literacy · Literacy · Literacy Education · Mexican americans · Parent education · Pedagogy · Puerto rican · Sociology · Anthropology · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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