The Value of Conformity: Learning to Stay in School.

Delgado-Gaitan, Concha

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ERIC Number: EJ381258

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Value of Conformity: Learning to Stay in School.

Delgado-Gaitan, Concha

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v19 n4 p354-81 Dec 1988

Examines 12 Chicano high school students and their families in La Victoria, Colorado, to determine the social conditions that help some students to stay in school and compel others to leave. Discusses the degree of congruency between the values of school held by the school, the family, and the students. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Context, Dropout Characteristics, Ethnicity, Family Environment, Family School Relationship, High School Students, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, Nontraditional Education, Parent Student Relationship, Social Values, Sociocultural Patterns

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Colorado

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