School Connections : U.S. Mexican Youth, Peers, and School Achievement

This Volume Examines The Ongoing Social Dynamic Between Peer Relations And Academic Achievement, Bringing Together The Latest Thinking From Prominent Scholars In Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, And Education. It Links New Research On Mexican-origin Adolescents, Their Peer Relations, And Their Academic Achievement. The Role Of Peers In The Schooling Of U.s. Mexican Youth / Margaret A. Gibson, Patricia Gándara, Jill Peterson Koyana -- Social Capital Among Working-class Minority Students / Ricardo D. Stanton-salazar -- The Changing Shape Of Aspirations : Peer Influence On Achievement Behavior / Patricia Gándara, Susan O'hara, Dianna Gutiérrez -- Acting Out And Being A Schoolboy : Performance In An Eld Classroom / Clayton A. Hurd -- Gangs And Group Membership : Implications For Schooling / James Diego Vigil -- The Influence Of Intergroup Relations On School Engagement : Two Cases / Heather Lewis-charp, Hanh Cao Yu, Diane Friedlaender -- Belonging And School Participation : Lessons From A Migrant Student Club / Margaret A. Gibson [and Others] -- Like Family, You Know? : School And The Achievement Of Peer Relations / Jason Duque Raley -- Peers And School Performance : Implications For Research, Policy, And Practice / Patricia Gándara And Margaret A. Gibson. Edited By Margaret A. Gibson, Patricia Gándara, Jill Peterson Koyama ; Foreword By Jeannie Oakes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This collection examines the ongoing social dynamic between peer relations and academic achievement, bringing together the latest thinking from prominent scholars in anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education. These expert contributors: Address two key questions overlooked in the literature on Mexican-descent youth: In what ways do peers and peer relationships influence the school performance of Mexican-origin high school youth? In what ways do schools participate in structuring these peer relationships? Provide a theoretical discussion of the concept of "peer social capital" and the ways in which relationships among students can help to promote school achievement. Present six new studies that analyze the diverse types of peer interactions and influences in various school settings between Mexican-descent youth and their non-Mexican peers as well as among Mexican-descent youth themselves. Link prior analyses with recommendations for policy and practice, indicating where findings may be applied to the critical issue of raising the school achievement of a significantly underachieving portion of the American youth population.

this Collection Examines The Ongoing Social Dynamic Between Peer Relations And Academic Achievement, Bringing Together The Latest Thinking From Prominent Scholars In Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, And Education.