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A STUDY OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF BLACK PARENTS TOWARD EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess in an empirical manner: (1) attitudes and (2) perceived behavioral patterns of one hundred black families toward education and schooling in the Omaha, Nebraska, area from 1980-1984. The subjects of the study were divided, according to their experiences and lifestyles, into four sub-cultural groupings, as hypothesized by Ulf Hannerz in his book, Soul Side Inquiries into Ghetto Culture and Community. Mainstreamers were found to vary in positive attitudes and behavioral patterns more than the other sub-groupings. The Swingers and Street Family sub-groupings were very similar in positive and negative attitudes and behavioral patterns. However, the Street Corner People tended to have almost a one hundred percent negative attitude and behavioral pattern toward education and schooling. The writer found a substantial portion of dissatisfaction of black families toward the education and schooling of black students provided by the Omaha public school system.
Subject Area
School administration
Recommended Citation
CECIL, HARRIET MILDRED, "A STUDY OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF BLACK PARENTS TOWARD EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING" (1985). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8521446.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8521446