@misc{10481/81433,
year = {2023},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81433},
abstract = {Introduction: School educators are likely to explain the poor educational
trajectories of students with Roma backgrounds related to the lack of parental
support and interest in children’s education. Aiming to understand further the
patterns of Roma group’s parental involvement in children’s school life and their
engagement experiences in school-related activities, the current research set an
intervention supported by a culturally sensitive story-tool.
Method: Grounded in the intervention-based research framework, 12 participants
(i.e., mothers) from different Portuguese Roma groups participated in this study.
Data was collected through interviews conducted pre-and postintervention.
Eight weekly sessions were delivered in the school context, using a story-tool
and hands- on activities to generate culturally significant meanings regarding
attitudes, beliefs, and values toward children’s educational trajectories.
Results: Through the lens of acculturation theory, data analysis provided important
findings under two overarching topics: patterns of parental involvement in
children’s school life and participants’ engagement in the intervention program.
Discussion: Data show the distinct ways Roma parents participate in children’s
education and the relevance of mainstream contexts providing an atmosphere
likely to build collaborative relationships with parents to overcome barriers to
parental involvement},
organization = {Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013)},
organization = {University of Minho},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds (PTDC/PSI-GER/6847/2020)},
organization = {FEDER. COMPETE2020. PT2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653)},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (SFRH/BD/125876/2016)},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
keywords = {Acculturation},
keywords = {Home- and school-based parental involvement,},
keywords = {Academic socialization},
keywords = {Roma (Gypsies)},
keywords = {Story-tool intervention},
keywords = {Home-school partnerships},
keywords = {Intervention-based research},
title = {Building partnerships in education through a story-tool based intervention: Parental involvement experiences among families with Roma backgrounds},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1012568},
author = {Moreira, Tânia and Berrocal De Luna, Emilio},
}