Students' Multiple Worlds: Negotiating the Boundaries of Family, Peer, and School Cultures.

Phelan, Patricia; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ433927

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Students' Multiple Worlds: Negotiating the Boundaries of Family, Peer, and School Cultures.

Phelan, Patricia; And Others

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v22 n3 p224-50 Sep 1991

A 2-year longitudinal study of 54 students in 4 urban high schools in California is used to develop a model of the interrelationships among family, peer, and school worlds as they combine to affect students' learning. Different categories of congruence between students' worlds illustrate the difficulties facing minority students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Family Environment, Family Influence, High School Students, High Schools, Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Minority Groups, Models, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, School Culture, Student School Relationship, Urban Schools, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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