ABSTRACT. This paper analyses the academic achievement of adolescents in selected ethnocultural groups in Canada. Specifically, the article, a part of a larger study, is an analysis of the academic performance of adolescents from the Caribbean, Chinese, East European, Latin American, South Asian and Canadian groups. In the larger study 1,954 students were surveyed and 131 were interviewed in schools in Toronto and Vancouver. The findings in the article, consistent with John Ogbu's theory, indicate that the majority of the students who belong to voluntary, as opposed to involuntary, minority ethnocultural groups excel in academic performance despite language barriers and racial discrimination. Few studies have been conducted on the academic ...
This article presents analytical findings on the persistence and change of the relative difference i...
This study examines the academic performance and educational pathways of students who do not speak t...
grantor: University of TorontoFor decades, Portuguese-Canadian children in Toronto have be...
Despite continuing interest in academic achievement theory and approaches on culturally diverse stud...
This article presents analytical findings on the persistence and change of the relative difference i...
Little empirical research has ever systematically documented the academic trajec-tories of Generatio...
In the article the problem of aboriginal peoples’ education in Canada has been studied. Canada has o...
This paper probes the phenomenon of underperforming indigenous students in Canada through a case stu...
Research done with immigrant youth in Canada has been largely focused on educational outcomes. The e...
This paper analyzes high school completion among immigrant youth by ethnic group/source regions and ...
This study relies on qualitative research: open-ended, semi-structured interviews were used to gain ...
This study modifies Cummins' (1997) theoretical framework of minority student achievement and social...
In a sample of 506 Chinese adolescents living in Canada from 3 cohort groups, age at the time of arr...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among ethnicity and equality of educati...
The main purposes of this study were to determine if there were (a) correlational relationships betw...
This article presents analytical findings on the persistence and change of the relative difference i...
This study examines the academic performance and educational pathways of students who do not speak t...
grantor: University of TorontoFor decades, Portuguese-Canadian children in Toronto have be...
Despite continuing interest in academic achievement theory and approaches on culturally diverse stud...
This article presents analytical findings on the persistence and change of the relative difference i...
Little empirical research has ever systematically documented the academic trajec-tories of Generatio...
In the article the problem of aboriginal peoples’ education in Canada has been studied. Canada has o...
This paper probes the phenomenon of underperforming indigenous students in Canada through a case stu...
Research done with immigrant youth in Canada has been largely focused on educational outcomes. The e...
This paper analyzes high school completion among immigrant youth by ethnic group/source regions and ...
This study relies on qualitative research: open-ended, semi-structured interviews were used to gain ...
This study modifies Cummins' (1997) theoretical framework of minority student achievement and social...
In a sample of 506 Chinese adolescents living in Canada from 3 cohort groups, age at the time of arr...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among ethnicity and equality of educati...
The main purposes of this study were to determine if there were (a) correlational relationships betw...
This article presents analytical findings on the persistence and change of the relative difference i...
This study examines the academic performance and educational pathways of students who do not speak t...
grantor: University of TorontoFor decades, Portuguese-Canadian children in Toronto have be...