The Power of Parents: A Critical Perspective

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Edward M. Olivos is Assistant Professor in the Division of Teacher Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

FOREWORD

IX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

XIII

CHAPTER ONE: A CASE STUDY OF BICULTURAL PARENT INVOLVEMENT

1

(12)

A TEACHER'S REFLECTION

2

(1)

A TEACHER'S ROLE

3

(3)

STEPS TOWARD EMPOWERMENT AND TRANSFORMATION

6

(3)

ORGANIZING FOR EMPOWERMENT

9

(1)

EMPOWERMENT IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

10

(3)

CHAPTER TWO: BICULTURAL PARENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

13

(28)

BOOK TERMINOLOGY

14

(1)

THE CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION

14

(3)

ISSUES IN PARENT INVOLVEMENT

17

(2)

THE NEED FOR BICULTURAL PARENT INVOLVEMENT

19

(2)

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR BICULTURAL PARENT INVOLVEMENT

21

(4)

CHAPTER THREE: A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

25

(1)

A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

26

(4)

HEGEMONY

30

(1)

AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS

31

(2)

INSTITUTIONAL MYTHS

33

(3)

A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF LOW-INCOME PARENTS IN THE SCHOOLS

36

(5)

CHAPTER FOUR: RACISM AND DEFICIT THINKING

41

(20)

RACISM AND RACE RELATIONS

42

(3)

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND INFERIORITY

45

(5)

SPECIFIC ISSUES REGARDING RACISM IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

50

(2)

DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND PATERNALISM

52

(3)

BICULTURAL PARENTS' PERCEPTION ABOUT EDUCATION

55

(2)

SUMMARY

57

(4)

CHAPTER FIVE: CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE, AND POWER

61

(22)

TENSIONS IN CULTURE

62

(5)

Tensions in Immigrant Parents' School Involvement

63

(2)

Bicultural Home Support

65

(2)

TENSIONS IN KNOWLEDGE

67

(3)

TENSIONS IN POWER RELATIONS

70

(7)

Economic Power

70

(1)

Cultural Power

71

(2)

Status and Political Power

73

(2)

Coercive and Collaborative Power Relations

75

(2)

UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL TENSIONS

77

(6)

CHAPTER SIX: DISINTEREST OR RESISTANCE?

83

(16)

RESISTANCE

85

(4)

MODES OF RESISTANCE

89

(4)

RESISTANCE AND COUNTER-RESISTANCE

93

(2)

ADMINISTRATORS AS COUNTER-RESISTANCE

95

(2)

THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BICULTURAL PARENT RESISTANCE

97

(2)

CHAPTER SEVEN: A PARADIGM OF TENSION, CONTRADICTION, AND RESISTANCE

99

(8)

TENSIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS

100

(1)

TENSIONS IN BICULTURAL PARENT INVOLVEMENT

101

(2)

THE DIALECTICAL NATURE OF CONTRADICTIONS AND RESISTANCE

103

(1)

BICULTURAL PARENTS, TENSIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, AND RESISTANCE

104

(3)

CHAPTER EIGHT: TRANSFORMATIVE PARENT INVOLVEMENT

107

(14)

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MODELS

108

(10)

BICULTURAL PARENTS TRANSFORMING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

118

(1)

CONCLUSION

119

(2)

NOTES

121

(10)

INDEX

131

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The Power of Parents: A Critical Perspective of Bicultural Parent Involvement in Public Schools

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