'My home and my school': Examining immigrant adolescent narratives from the critical sociocultural perspective
Li J.
2010
Race Ethnicity and Education
21
10.1080/13613320903550154
Privileging the voices of 12 recent Chinese immigrant adolescents, this multiple-case narrative study examined their home and school experiences from the critical sociocultural perspective. The adolescent stories about home testified to the significant influence of immigrant poverty, parental sacrificial altruism, and disciplinary Chinese parenting in their academic achievement. The adolescent experiences at school revealed their appreciation of Canadian liberal education, their perception of ethnic peer divides, and their concerns about the ineffectiveness and the negative psychological consequences of the ESL (English as a Second Language) programming. Locating the adolescent narratives in the hierarchical power of domination in Canadian society, this article challenges mainstream educational institutions to address the changing nature of urban Canadian classrooms, structurally and ideologically representing the strengths of cultural diversity. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Critical sociocultural perspective; Cross cultural experience; Immigrant youth; Qualitative research
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