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Reid, Jeanne L.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Little is known about the extent and nature of low-income parents' interactions with other parents and staff at childcare centres, despite the potential for these interactions to provide emotional, informational, and instrumental support. This study interviewed 51 parents at three childcare centres in low-income neighbourhoods in New York City.…
Descriptors: Adults, Low Income Groups, Parent Caregiver Relationship, Interviews
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Guntzviller, Lisa M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2016
One hundred dyads of low-income, Spanish-speaking mothers and their bilingual children (age = 12-18; M = 14.12, SD = 1.89) who have language brokered for the mother (i.e., culturally or linguistically mediated between the mother and English speakers) were surveyed. Multiple goals theory posits that mothers and children who do not recognize and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Low Income Groups, Spanish Speaking
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Frankenberg, Sofia Johnson; Holmqvist, Rolf; Rubenson, Birgitta; Rindstedt, Camilla – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
This study presents findings from analyses of naturally occurring literacy events, where children jointly focus on reading and writing letters of the alphabet, illustrating social constructions of learning created through language and embodied action. Video recorded data from two different families living in an urban low-income area in Tanzania is…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Siblings, Interaction Process Analysis, Urban Areas
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Howes, Carollee; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Hong, Sandra Soliday; Huang, Yiching D.; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: The purpose of this article is to examine how dimensions of the preschool instructional context predict child-teacher relationship quality. A total of 118 low-income, predominantly Latino/a children and their teachers participated in this study. Children were observed in their 1st preschool classroom. Measures of instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Education, Low Income Groups, Classroom Observation Techniques