Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ634196
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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The Value of Hard Work: Lessons on Parent Involvement from an (Im)migrant Household.
Lopez, Gerardo R.
Harvard Educational Review, v71 n3 p416-37 Fall 2001
Although it does not conform to school expectations of parental involvement, an immigrant family's attempts to instill values by exposing children to physical labor teach them about work and its hardships and makes them aware of the value of education. (Contains 61 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Immigrants, Parent Influence, Parent Participation, Work Ethic
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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