[AAACE-NLA] Mother's skill level

[tanya tweeton]

 Hi Catherine, 
I agree with you entirely. Culture  and its values has
alot to do with the upbringing of children. I think
you have hit the nail entirely on the head.  Many
cultures teach that  it is very  important, perhaps
critical to have  tremendous respect for one's
parents. Respect for one's parents  is not so nearly 
so emphasized in our society. Does respect  and
importance for education  then begin  with respect for
one's parents?If there is not enough respect for one's
parents will the child place an emphasis on what the
parents try to teach? Will he listen?
Tanya Tweeton


--- "Catherine B. King" <cb.king at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello Tanya:
> 
> I suggested in an earlier note that in many Asian
> families, the
> parents may be illiterate; however, in many cases,
> their
> attitude about education for their children is close
> to obsessive
> (again, in many cases I have seen).  
> 
> There are many reasons for this, I am sure, that
> deserve
> study and that, most probably, has already been
> studied under
> some guiding set of research questions.  However,
> one is that 
> many families from Asian countries and cultures
> maintain a 
> strong family unit from birth to death.   Often, in
> my experience,
> older children are expected to "carry the load" of
> education for 
> younger siblings and for maintaining their parents'
> well-being 
> until they die.
> 
> In brief, children are often taught in the family to
> take their 
> meaning and place in the family very seriously,
> right down to the 
> economics of it.  Such motivation, instilled from
> the beginning, 
> would tend to make children "driven" and "shine" in
> school.
> 
> When last did you see an "American" child take their
> place in the 
> family so seriously that they thought their family's
> very existence 
> over time was dependent on their lifetime success?  
>  Rather, and 
> though vast differences occur, the cultural-call is
> generally, "be 
> creative," and, "do your own thing;" and the
> expectation is that the 
> child will separate from the family and "go his-her
> own way," and
> that the others in the family will take care of
> themselves, including
> our parents.
> 
>  But of course this is just one aspect of the
> situation--it's much 
> more complex than that.  
> 
> Catherine King
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: tanya tweeton 
>   To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by
> AAACE 
>   Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:54 PM
>   Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] Mother's skill level
> 
> 
>   Can anyone explain how the children of Asian
> families do so well in school? These families have
> come to this country sometimes semi -literate to
> illiterate, yet their children shine in school.
> 
>   Tanya Tweeton
> 
>   Sarah Beaman-Jones <sbeaman at webster.edu> wrote:
>     While it is true, "the single most effective
> predictor of children's 
>     literacy is mother's
>     education level" is frequently quoted, there has
> been some 
>     interesting research in this area. Victoria
> Purcell-Gates researched 
>     the effect of mothers' educational level on the
> children's emergent 
>     literacy skills. What she discovered is that it
> was in the homes 
>     where children saw their mother use her literacy
> skills for useful 
>     purposes [read the TV guide, write a grocery
> list] that the children 
>     developed literacy skills. They saw reading as
> "useful."
>     -- 
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>   Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
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> the past, some vision of the future, some skill to
> do useful service, some urge to fit that service
> into the the well being of the community-these are
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Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
"The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the  future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the the well being of the community-these are the most vital things education must try to produce."

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