The Value of M(other)work: Reframing Parent Involvement Through a Muxerista Framework

IF 2.7 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Equity & Excellence in Education Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/10665684.2022.2158402

Alma Itzé Flores

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Schools traditionally measure parent involvement based on a set of scripted tasks and practices, which diminishes the unique forms of parent engagement that historically marginalized parents engage in. Based on the experiences of ten Mexican immigrant mothers and their daughters, in this article, I aim to reframe parent involvement through a muxerista framework. Using Chicana/Latina feminist theory, I examined the ways the mothers supported the educational attainment of their high-achieving daughters. Data comprised 30 pláticas: 10 from the mothers, 10 from the daughters, and 10 from each mother-daughter dyad. I discuss three distinct ways in which the mothers involved themselves in their high-achieving daughters’ education, including via work, spirituality, and storytelling. This muxerista form of parent involvement provided the daughters with the skills and knowledge to navigate oppression. I conclude with a call for educators to reimagine parent involvement through the epistemologies and lived experiences of Parents of Color.

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M（其他）工作的价值：通过Muxerista框架重塑父母参与

摘要学校传统上基于一系列照本宣科的任务和实践来衡量父母的参与，这减少了历史上被边缘化的父母参与的独特形式。基于十位墨西哥移民母亲及其女儿的经历，在本文中，我旨在通过muxerista框架重新定义父母的参与。利用Chicana/Latina女权主义理论，我研究了母亲们支持她们成绩优异的女儿获得教育的方式。数据包括30个样本：10个来自母亲，10个来自女儿，每个母女二人组10个。我讨论了母亲们参与女儿教育的三种不同方式，包括通过工作、精神和讲故事。这种家长参与的muxerista形式为女儿们提供了驾驭压迫的技能和知识。最后，我呼吁教育工作者通过有色人种父母的认识论和生活经历来重新想象父母的参与。

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Equity & Excellence in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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3.80

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23.10%

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期刊介绍： Equity & Excellence in Education publishes articles based on scholarly research utilizing qualitative or quantitative methods, as well as essays that describe and assess practical efforts to achieve educational equity and are contextualized within an appropriate literature review. We consider manuscripts on a range of topics related to equity, equality and social justice in K-12 or postsecondary schooling, and that focus upon social justice issues in school systems, individual schools, classrooms, and/or the social justice factors that contribute to inequality in learning for students from diverse social group backgrounds. There have been and will continue to be many social justice efforts to transform educational systems as well as interpersonal interactions at all levels of schooling.