%0 Journal Article
%T Reconceptualizing Indigenous Parent Involvement in Early Educational Settings: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Preschool Families
%A Julie Kaomea
%J International Indigenous Policy Journal
%D 2012
%I University of Western Ontario
%X Indigenous families are often perceived by teachers and school administrators as disinterested and uninvolved in their childrenĄ¯s education. This article aims to complicate that longstanding stereotype. A detailed, qualitative case study of two Native Hawaiian preschool families reveals compelling counterstories of Indigenous parents who are deeply concerned about their childrenĄ¯s education, but are limited in their family-school involvement by a range of (post)colonial, social, psychological, and economic challenges that make it difficult for them to engage with schools in conventional ways. The study raises awareness of the skillful resolve with which Indigenous families employ their limited resources to support their childrenĄ¯s education. It challenges educators and policy makers to imagine creative possibilities for drawing Indigenous families into collaborative activity with contemporary schools.
%K Indigenous
%K education
%K parent involvement
%K Native Hawaiian
%U http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1111&context=iipj