Increased Schooling and Changes in Child, Family, and Community Life

• In Event: Roundtable Session 59

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Three papers examine how the cultural institution of school may be shaping various aspects of family and community life in communities of Indigenous history in Mexico. The papers examine 1) how parents think about their children’s future and their children’s present contributions to family 2) how parents and children come to an understanding about what is “fair” to ask of children, and 3) how children organize collaboration in ways that may or may not model school forms of collaboration. All papers examine variation within communities by contrasting patterns found among families that do not have extensive generational experience with school with families that do. We highlight the profound impact of school and explore ways to incorporate Indigenous ways of learning.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Cultural-Historical Research

Chair

• Luis Urrieta, The University of Texas - Austin

Papers

• Schooling and Changing Patterns in Expectations for Children’s Lives and Contributions in a P’urépecha Town - Rebeca Mejia-Arauz, ITESO University; Maricela Correa-Chavez, Clark University; Ulrike Keyser, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional

• Children’s Initiative and Blending Agendas in the Home: Cultural Variation Across Two Mexican Communities - Andrew Dee Coppens, University of California - Santa Cruz; Lucia Alcala, University of California - Santa Cruz; Barbara Rogoff, University of California - Santa Cruz

• Maternal Schooling and Children’s Patterns of Collaboration in a P’urépecha Town - Heather Mangione, Clark University; Maricela Correa-Chavez, Clark University; Rebeca Mejia-Arauz, ITESO University