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Publication Date: 2007-May
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Gender Differences in the Educational Expectations of Urban, Low-Income African American Youth: The Role of Parents and the School
Wood, Dana; Kaplan, Rachel; McLoyd, Vonnie C.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v36 n4 p417-427 May 2007
This study examined how youths' gender is related to the educational expectations of urban, low-income African American youth, their parents, and their teachers. As predicted, African American boys (ages 9-16) reported lower expectations for future educational attainment than did their female counterparts. Parents and teachers also reported lower expectations for African American boys (ages 6-16) than for girls. These findings held even when controlling for academic achievement. Contrary to predictions, the magnitude of the difference in expectations for males vs. females did not increase as a function of youths' age. In keeping with our hypotheses, parental expectations fully mediated the relation between youths' gender and youths' expectations. Finally, certain school-based factors (i.e., positive teacher expectations and positive youth perceptions of the school environment) appeared to protect youths' expectations from the deleterious impact of low parental expectations.
Descriptors: Parent Role, Educational Environment, Youth, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, African American Students, Racial Differences, Expectation, Low Income Groups, Urban Areas, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students
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