Mexican parents' and teachers' literacy perspectives and practices: Construction of cultural capital

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 983-1003

  Reese, Leslie ^a   Arauz, Rebeca Mejía ^b   Bazán, Antonio Ray ^b  

^a Center for Language Minority Education and Research   (United States)

^b Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente   (Mexico)

Author keywords

home school connections; Latin America; literacy practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869170352     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2011.594818     Document Type: Article

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