Korean American Mothers of Children with Disability’s Positioning Themselves in Parental Involvement in Children’s Educational Contexts

• In Event: 46.085 - Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: 46.085-20 - Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans SIG Roundtable: Immigrant Perspectives of Asian Americans

Abstract

This study examines the ways in which five Korean immigrant mothers take up roles to position themselves in parental involvement in their children's’ education in different academic, social and linguistic settings. Data sources included home interviews with mothers, home and community observations, and field notes. The result demonstrates that Korean immigrant mothers seek to understand dialogic relationship in figured worlds in-between home and school by obtaining valuable and potential resources for their children’s language and social skill development and academic success.

Authors

• Jieun Kim, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Sunyoung Kim, The University of Alabama