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Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Goals 61 Previous Educational Experiences 62 Inner Transformations 66 Increasing Awareness 68 Social

Creator:: Amantana, Vivian
Abstract:: Homelessness is a social concern worldwide. In Ghana, homelessness among the youth comes as a result of several factors, the major one being rural-urban migration. Rural-Urban drift is impelled by several factors ranging from perceptions of economic opportunities in urban areas, to increasing rejection of aberrant traditional practices such as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Shepherd, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: This study examined the association between poverty and child neglect. The existence of a general association has been established for some time. However, there is much debate, and little detailed research, on the specific processes that create this association. This study focused on the form of neglect that involves the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
Abstract:: The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: expected and their actual responsibilities encompassed a wide range of duties. The social factors that

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986

Creator:: Jeong, Yu Jin
Abstract:: Academic achievement of adolescent children is directly associated with their success in adulthood. Little is known, however, regarding how adolescents in immigrant families academically grow over time and what factors influence the trajectories. Drawing on the National Educational Longitudinal Survey 1988 (NELS: 88), this study aimed to: 1) identify the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , respectively), and 2) investigate to what extent ethnicity, various forms of parental capital, and social

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