The place of schools in parents community belonging Export

@article{citeulike:1443723, abstract = {Schools are central community facilities in the daily lives of families with young children. The paper draws on survey and in-depth interview data to describe the role schools play in parents sense of belonging to community. Maori and Pakeha parents indicated that schools and preschools were the most significant sites to their community belonging. They are a common meeting place, a source for community knowledge, and a point of departure for the development of parental friendship networks, and reciprocity in child care and support. Parents perceptions of local schools in all socio-economic neighbourhoods influenced school choice and commitment to a neighbourhood. For Pacific and Asian parents schools were less significant as sites of community belonging.}, author = {Witten, Karen and Mccreanor, Tim and Kearns, Robin}, citeulike-article-id = {1443723}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00097.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00097.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00097.x}, journal = {New Zealand Geographer}, keywords = {belonging, community, neighbourhood, parents, school-choice, schools}, number = {2}, pages = {141--148}, posted-at = {2007-07-09 09:50:58}, priority = {2}, title = {The place of schools in parents community belonging}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00097.x}, volume = {63}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1443723 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1443723 N2 - Schools are central community facilities in the daily lives of families with young children. The paper draws on survey and in-depth interview data to describe the role schools play in parents sense of belonging to community. Maori and Pakeha parents indicated that schools and preschools were the most significant sites to their community belonging. They are a common meeting place, a source for community knowledge, and a point of departure for the development of parental friendship networks, and reciprocity in child care and support. Parents perceptions of local schools in all socio-economic neighbourhoods influenced school choice and commitment to a neighbourhood. For Pacific and Asian parents schools were less significant as sites of community belonging. IS - 2 JF - New Zealand Geographer EP - 148 TI - The place of schools in parents community belonging VL - 63 SP - 141 KW - belonging KW - community KW - neighbourhood KW - parents KW - school-choice KW - schools AU - Witten, Karen AU - Mccreanor, Tim AU - Kearns, Robin PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00097.x ER -