Over the ivy walls : the educational mobility of low-income Chicanos / Patricia Gandara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandara, Patricia C.

Series:

SUNY series, social context of education.

SUNY series, social context of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Education (Higher)--Social aspects.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Education (Higher)--Economic aspects.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Summary:

Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic achievement into an analysis of the lives of 50 low income Chicanos for whom schooling "worked" and became an important vehicle for social mobility. Gandara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right."

Contents:

Introduction The Study Home Influences Family Stories as Cultural Capital Schools and Neighborhoods Peers Personal Attributes and Individual Differences The Women Summary and Conclusions Lessons for School Reform

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0377-1

OCLC:

923397447