Que luchen por su intereses (To Fight for Your Interests): Using the Photovoice Method to Engage and Empower Newcomer Immigrant Students and Parents

• In Event: 31.051 - Welcoming Newcomers: Constructing Counternarratives and Building School Equity for Immigrants and Indigenous Youth

Abstract

This paper reports on findings from a year-long research project which used the Photovoice method (Gagne, Bowers, Russinova, Bloch, & McNamara, 2010; Guerrero, A., & Tinkler, 2010). The project was conducted during the 2012-2013 academic school year in the Poudre School District. The findings in the project point to the important critical counter-narratives immigrant parents present to the larger school community when given the opportunity to have their voices and perspectives heard. The overall project and paper provides teachers, counselors, administrators and support staff in schools and school districts with important information and insight into the hopes and aspirations of immigrant students and their parents and highlights educational practices that address issues of equity and access.

Authors

• Kevin C. Roxas, Western Washington University

• Maria L. Gabriel, Poudre School District