1st Edition

Class Work Mothers' Involvement In Their Children's Primary Schooling

Edited By Diane Reay Copyright 1998
206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

This text looks at the ways in which women as mothers are positioned in society in terms of ethnicity, social class and marital status. Using case study material the author expands her assessment to analyse the way women's educational experience influences their involvement in their children's schooling. The book examines the support of the mother in her child's schooling to reveal the part she... Read more
Introduction; Hidden from View: Mothers in Parental Involvement; Women and Social Class: A Different Version; Mothers and their Children's Schooling; Lessons from Life: The Influence of History and Geography; 'A Labour of Love'; 'Just Talking to the Teacher?'; Social Whirls and Domestic Routines; Men on the Margins; The Conclusion

Biography

Diane Reay