Most recent public comments by Aaron Stiles https://nowcomment.com/users/2482 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22978 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22978 I would add that I have found it difficult to find peer reviewed journal empirical articles from ~2000 onward. Plenty of dissertations however. I was able to find another empirical peer reviewed article of relevance but its from 1992. I feel confident I have exhausted PsycNet, though being less familiar with its search I could easily have missed something. Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:59:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22965 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22965 I think will probably try to narrow in on high school adolescents given that I am trying to teach at the secondary level. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:34:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22963 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22963 Thanks Louis for your thoughts on socio-economic status. I guess I hadn't fully considered the implications of socio-economics (in that they might trump any cultural implications in parenting styles). I think I will attempt to control for socio-economics. We'll see how that goes in the research. Thanks! Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:29:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22962 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=22962 In terms of your comment "It may be helpful to find a comparative study that either supports or refutes that there is anything culturally significant about parenting styles for this population and how that either is or is not connected to region, rural/urban, socioeconomic status, etc" Are you suggesting locating an article that considers whether or not cultural differences in parenting styles are the causal mechanism of achievement? Considering other demographic factors? In other words articles that evaluate the causal significance of culture compared to other factors? Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:59:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=21173 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4610?scroll_to=21173 Morgan, good point. Given that academic performance is more easily quantified than "behavior" I will probably focus on that. Thanks! Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:14:24 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19326 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19326 Gender roles are deeply entrenched in our culture. This is partially biological. There are physical DIFFERENCES between genders. It is why women can't be Navy Seals (a point that the majority of female officers recognize and accept). Some gender roles should exist. Many of their cultural details should be carefully examined and I think ultimately dispelled. Assuming the goal is a progressive society, some of the injustices of how gender roles are APPROPRIATED should be addressed. All too often in religious settings, gender roles are either appropriated or created or perpetuated as a means of control; usually in the name of "God's intentions" or for the "good of the church." For example, women bear children (biological fact), therefore their place is always in the home raising said children (constructed unjust gender role). I would say this appropriation of a gender role is unjust. When it is forced upon a female (or male) for that matter), it should be viewed as wrong. As a person of faith and a citizen of the U.S., these appropriations of gender roles trouble me as they bleed into society as a whole and have effects across society, not just in particular denominations of Christianity. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:33:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19318 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19318 My High School was racially homogenous. Mostly white. Though in Virginia, our demographic closely matched that of Appalachia (mostly white, low to mid socio-economic). Frederick County did have a lot more going for it economically in general though. So in terms of race at least, not very similar to Riverton. However, Pascoe's observations at Riverton, how the boys spoke and acted, reminded me very much of my high school. The word fag was thrown around a lot. I rarely heard it in a classroom setting, though I was in upper level courses. Gym class definitely. I ran Cross Country, and though rare, it would get mentioned in a "playful" manner; directed at a team member whose masculinity was not at all in question. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:20:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19312 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=19312 Ok, that helps clarify that point. She was not attempting to "blend in" precisely. More like she was attempting to be as informal or "invisible" as an adult as possible. Regardless of her efforts however, I am concerned about the effect her presence had on observation however minor. I agree she definitely did the best she could to minimize these effects though. In any case, I was "impressed" by the observations she came away with (the fact that they happened within earshot). Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:14:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=18490 https://nowcomment.com/documents/4464?scroll_to=18490 It worries me about Pascoe's research methods. Specifically, how she attempts to informally interact with students sort of "blending in." She indicated that the students definitely knew she was an outsider. To what extent can the interactions she had with students be considered entirely indicative of the student body? I will always have this in mind as I read her anecdotal evidence. All in all however, this is incredibly important research and definitely made me more critical of the cultural pageantries at my own High School growing up. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:14:55 -0400