Maternal attitudes and parent education: How immigrant mothers support their child's education despite their own low levels of education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Schaller, Ana ^a   Rocha, Lisa Oglesby ^a   Barshinger, David ^a  

^a AVANCE Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Active school participation; Low education among Hispanic parents; Mexican immigrant parents; Parent education; Positive educational attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947144798     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0143-6     Document Type: Review

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