Abstract
This article uses figured worlds to explore the limit-situations imposed by dominant narratives of home-school relationships. Through a semiotic analysis of a wall hanging in a preschool classroom, we explore what figured worlds are imagined as possible for home-school relationships. The dominant narratives implicit in these figured worlds ossify configurations of home and school that privilege ways of being and knowing that exclude, reject, or demonize the experiences of culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse families.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 477-491 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Educational Forum |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Diverse families
- family-school relationships
- figured worlds
- home-school relationships
- parent involvement
- semiotic analysis
- visual analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education