Through listening to participants’ own words, this study provides a comprehensive description and analysis of Chinese immigrant parents’ perceptions and behaviours of involvement in their children’s after-school education. It reveals that Chinese immigrant parents were willing to become involved in their children’s after-school education. Although many Chinese immigrant parents faced challenges in the host culture, they sacrificed themselves to support their children’s development. They hold high education expectations for their children, view academics as the most important thing and provide help with their children’s academics. Yet they also want their children to receive a well-rounded education. This study indicates that the Chinese imm...
Although parent involvement has received long-standing attention in the literature, there is limited...
Throughout American history, parental involvement has been a “hot topic” in American education. Pare...
Children’s multilingual education is a topic of vital concern among immigrant parents, and this topi...
Recent years have witnessed the large number of Chinese immigrants in Canada. With the coming of tho...
In the past two decades, there has been an increasing number of Chinese immigrants to Canada. Conseq...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
In this study, I used qualitative interviews to explore the expectations of the parents in seven Chi...
From 1998- 2009, mainland China has been the number one source of immigrants in Canada (Citizenship ...
Guided by the sociocultural approach (Wertsch, 1998; Wertsch, Del Rio & Alvarez, 1995), the study ex...
From 1998- 2009, mainland China has been the number one source of immigrants in Canada (Citizenship ...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
In the educational system, students who receive higher support from parents have a positive trend of...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
Confucian heritage culture holds that a good education is the path to upward social mobility as well...
Although parent involvement has received long-standing attention in the literature, there is limited...
Although parent involvement has received long-standing attention in the literature, there is limited...
Throughout American history, parental involvement has been a “hot topic” in American education. Pare...
Children’s multilingual education is a topic of vital concern among immigrant parents, and this topi...
Recent years have witnessed the large number of Chinese immigrants in Canada. With the coming of tho...
In the past two decades, there has been an increasing number of Chinese immigrants to Canada. Conseq...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
In this study, I used qualitative interviews to explore the expectations of the parents in seven Chi...
From 1998- 2009, mainland China has been the number one source of immigrants in Canada (Citizenship ...
Guided by the sociocultural approach (Wertsch, 1998; Wertsch, Del Rio & Alvarez, 1995), the study ex...
From 1998- 2009, mainland China has been the number one source of immigrants in Canada (Citizenship ...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
In the educational system, students who receive higher support from parents have a positive trend of...
Chinese immigrant families’ educational expectations are usually characterized as one of the most im...
Confucian heritage culture holds that a good education is the path to upward social mobility as well...
Although parent involvement has received long-standing attention in the literature, there is limited...
Although parent involvement has received long-standing attention in the literature, there is limited...
Throughout American history, parental involvement has been a “hot topic” in American education. Pare...
Children’s multilingual education is a topic of vital concern among immigrant parents, and this topi...