Discouragement, encouragement, and at risk Hispanic elementary students' self-esteem: an ethnographic case study

The purpose of this study is to describe ways in which self-esteem of at risk Hispanic elementary students are affected by discouragement and encouragement. An ethnographic approach and participant observer method make it possible to document the lives of two students within the educational setting of the classroom so that the researcher can look at the ways in which classroom life affects their self-esteem. Thus, observations by die researcher can be described and contextualized (1988; Eisner, 1991; Erickson, 1986; Wolcott, 1988).

Grantor dc:publisher

Texas Tech University

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Gomez, Daniel P.

• Hispanic American students
• Motivation in education

Statement dc:rights

• Unrestricted.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2346/19746

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:tdl-ir.tdl.org:2346/19746