Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life

Name: Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life
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ISBN: 9780226886640

ISBN-10: 0226886646

ISBN-13: 9780226886640

Edition: 2005

Authors: Thomas S. Weisner

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Presenting new studies of minority & immigrant families, school achievement, culture, race & gender, poverty, identity, & experiments & interventions meant to improve family & child contexts, this volume offers a new perspective on the study of childood & family life.

Book details

List price: $56.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.92" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Pathways through Classrooms, Schools, and Neighborhoods



Using Mixed Methods to Explore Latino Children's Literacy Development




Working It Out: The Chronicle of a Mixed-Methods Analysis




Mixed Methods, More Justified Conclusions: The Case of the Abt Evaluation of the Comer Program in Detroit




Ethnicity and the Development of Ethnic Identity in Childhood



The Ecology of Children's Racial Coping: Family, School, and Community Influences




Sites of Belonging: Acculturation, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Children of Immigrants



Commentary- Toward Varied and Complementary Methodologies in the Study of Ethnic Identity in Childhood



Commentary- Ethnicity, Race, and Identity




Culture and Developmental Pathways



Taking Culture Seriously: Making the Social Survey Ethnographic




Combining Ethnography and GIS Technology to Examine Constructions of Developmental Opportunities in Contexts of Poverty and Disability




Using Mixed Methods in Social Experiments to Understand Impacts on Children's Pathways



Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto




Qualitative/Quantitative Synergies in a Random-Assignment Program Evaluation



Commentary- Mixed Methods in Studies of Social Experiments for Parents in Poverty



Commentary- Viewing Mixed Methods through an Implementation Research Lens: A Response to the New Hope and Moving to Opportunity Evaluations




Family Intervention Studies: Inclusion and "Multiple Worlds" in Research and Practice



Entering the Developmental Niche: Mixed Methods in an Intervention Program for Inner-City Children Sara Harkness




Including Latino Immigrant Families, Schools, and Community Programs as Research Partners on the Good Path of Life (El Buen Camino de la Vida)




Civil Rights and Academic Development: Mixed Methods and the Task of Ensuring Educational Equality Mica Pollock Synthesis: A Reprise on Mixing Methods



List of Contributors


Index