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Family Literacy Practices in Asian and Latinx Families

Educational and Cultural Considerations

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Editors:
  1. Jorge E. Gonzalez

    1. School Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, USA

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  2. Jeffrey Liew

    1. Education & Human Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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  3. Gayle A. Curtis

    1. Asian American Studies Center, University of Houston, Houston, USA

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  4. Yali Zou

    1. Asian American Studies Center Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Houston, Houston, USA

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  • The first volume to focus on early family literacy practices in Hispanic/Latinx and Asian American populations
  • Details how culture and immigrant experiences affect youth literacy learning and development
  • Relevant to researchers, teachers, school administrators, school psychologists and language specialists

Part of the book series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood (CCSC)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Introduction to the Book

    • Jeffrey Liew, Jorge E. Gonzalez
    Pages 1-8

  3. Asian and Latinx Families at the Intersection of Society, Policy, and Theory: A Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The (Hidden/Invisible) Diversity of Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic/Latino Families in America

      • Gayle A. Curtis, Vincent D. Carales, Yali Zou, Matthew J. Farmer
      Pages 11-25

    3. Asian and Latino Issues in Education: Complex and Contested Spaces

      • Gayle A. Curtis, Vincent D. Carales, Yali Zou
      Pages 27-45

  4. Beliefs, Values, Attitudes; and Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Family Literacy Practices and the Home Learning Environment of Asian and Latino Americans: Path to Literacy and Social-Emotional Learning

      • Jorge E. Gonzalez, Jeffrey Liew, Samantha D. Aguilar, Amanda D. Sainz, Rebecca Sanchez, Rosie Bumgardner
      Pages 49-71

    3. Examining Latinx Familial Literacies Through a Testimonio of Pedagogies of the Home

      • Ruth M. López
      Pages 73-86

    4. Familismo, Respeto, and Bien Educado: Traditional/Cultural Models and Values in Latinos

      • Cristal Lopez, Mariana Vazquez, Anita Sohn McCormick
      Pages 87-102

    5. Chinese American Parents’ Expectations for and Involvement in Children’s Literacy Learning and Achievement: Impacts of Cultural Values and Acculturation

      • Tzu-Fen Chang, Kristy Y. Shih
      Pages 103-118

    6. Parenting Practices and Home Learning Environments that Promote Reading Motivation, Engagement, and Competence in Chinese Immigrant Families: A Cultural and Self-Determination Perspective to Literacy Development in Early Childhood

      • Danni Li, Jeffrey Liew
      Pages 119-134

    7. An Integrated Conceptual Model of Ethnic and Racial Identity Development: Parental Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Home Literacy Practices that Promote Ethnic Identity Development in Chinese Immigrant Families

      • Dorothy Pang, Danni Li, Jeffrey Liew
      Pages 135-160

  5. Home Literacy Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. The Education Status and Sociocultural Perspectives of Latinos

      • Lillian Durán, Carlos Chávez, Alisha Wackerle-Hollman, Karen Zyskind
      Pages 163-181

    3. Early Literacy Development in Asian and Indigenous Children of Hawaiʻi: A Theoretical Framework on Multiple Aspects of Home Literacy Environments

      • Yiyuan Xu, Puanani J. Hee
      Pages 183-217

    4. Latinx Family Involvement, Role Construction and Children’s School Readiness

      • Francisco Usero-González, Evelyn Sauceda, Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz
      Pages 219-232

    5. Concluding Thoughts

      • Gayle A. Curtis, Yali Zou
      Pages 233-238

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 239-241
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About this book

This book focuses on the literacy beliefs and practices of parents and children from Asian and Latinx heritage backgrounds. In the US, children from Asian and Latinx immigrant backgrounds represent the largest population of dual language learners in schools. While existing research has paid significant attention to the roles of parenting and the home literacy environment on children's literacy development, relatively little attention has been allocated to immigrant families. Chapters aim to meet the need in the field to understand the roles of culture and immigrant experiences on children's literacy learning and development, including immigrant families' home environments and parents' involvement in literacy-related activities in both English and the parents' native language. As Hispanic/Latinx and Asian American populations grow in the US, this book answers an urgent call for school systems and child and family professionals to be aware of issues in this area and how to address them in culturally responsive ways.

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“Through daily routines parents socialize children to promote internalization of social and educational goals. These learning spaces are strongly tied to norms, beliefs, and values that sit at the intersection of core cultural niches and realized in home literacy environments. Although the prominent role of culture in shaping children’s early learning is established, few studies have sufficiently focused on the ways Latinx and Asian families support their children’s learning in the home. This book provides a much-needed comprehensive examination of family and home literacy practices in Asian and Latinx families, representing the largest number of emergent bilinguals in our schools today.” (Laura M. Justice, EHE Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and Executive Director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy and the Schoenbaum Family Center, Ohio State University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Jorge E. Gonzalez

  • Education & Human Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    Jeffrey Liew

  • Asian American Studies Center, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Gayle A. Curtis

  • Asian American Studies Center Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    Yali Zou

About the editors

Jorge E. Gonzalez is Professor of School Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Houston, USA.

Jeffrey Liew is Professor of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, USA.

Gayle A. Curtis is Program Manager for the Asian American Studies Center at the University of Houston, USA.

Yali Zou is Professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, University Endowed Professor for Global Leadership Studies, and Director of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of Houston, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Literacy Practices in Asian and Latinx Families

  • Book Subtitle: Educational and Cultural Considerations

  • Editors: Jorge E. Gonzalez, Jeffrey Liew, Gayle A. Curtis, Yali Zou

  • Series Title: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14470-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14469-1Published: 07 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14472-1Published: 07 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14470-7Published: 06 December 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2731-636X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6378

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 241

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Education, general, Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Latino Culture, Asian Culture

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