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Family effects on educational achievement of immigrant pupils: a case study in a primary schoolLeung, Yuk-ling., 梁玉玲. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
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Working with new immigrant children from Mainland China: a study of social workers in children and youthcentresPoon, Wai-han, Susan., 潘惠. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work
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Factors that relate to the persistence of first-generation undergraduate students in a public universityUnknown Date (has links)
This study examined factors that relate to the persistence of first-generation
undergraduate students in a 4-year public university in the Southeastern United States.
Results were analyzed from a 2011 two-part survey: CARES-I (College Assessment of
Readiness for Entering Students-Intent) and CARES-A (College Assessment of
Readiness for Entering Students-Actual/Achieved. Semistructured interviews were
conducted with first-generation undergraduate persisters, administrators, and professors.
There was no statistically significant difference in persistence between
continuing-generation and first-generation students. None of the factors, with the
exception of performance goals on CARES A, were found to relate to persistence.
Significant positive correlations were found between persistence and residential status, a
learning strategies course, gender, high school GPA, and first semester in college GPA.
The learning communities program was not found to significantly relate to persistence.
The CARES surveys were found to be weak for predicting persistence. There was no significant interaction between any of the factors, persistence, and first-generation and
continuing-generation, except for performance goals on CARES I and self-efficacy on
CARES A. Findings from the interviews indicated that self-efficacy was highly important to
graduation. The students had clear academic and professional, learning, monetary, and
social outcome expectations. Student performance goals varied in amount of time, use of
learning strategies, and organizational tools. Of the organizational variables, academic
and social integration positively impacted persistence. However, the participants wished
to have had higher grades as freshmen, found the STEM courses tough, had no informal
interaction with administrators or professors, and did not use office hours enough.
Students spoke positively of institutional programs, clubs, services, and organizations
such as Supplemental Instruction (SI), the Math Lab, and Writing Center. Administrators
and professors expressed a need for more information and responsiveness to persistence
factors. Persistence was not impeded by family, friends, or work, whereas financial issues
were prevalent. Although demographic variables did not negatively impact persistence,
exo and macrosystem factors beyond the doors of the university emerged.
Recommendations and options are provided for further research and for the university to
improve persistence. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013.
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Incorporation of Mexican immigrant high school students in the United StatesGonzalez, Cornelio, 1955- 06 July 2015 (has links)
Mexican immigrant students are entering American schools in great numbers. Many of them come to high schools with a good educational background, but there is little knowledge about them and about the factors that contribute to their incorporation into social life in the United States. While the drop out rate of Mexican-American students in high school has remained the highest among all ethnic groups, recent immigrants are pressuring schools to meet their needs immediately. Failure to respond adequately to their needs may result in an increase in the already high drop out rate and a perpetuation of the cycle of poverty among the Mexican-American population. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that contribute to the incorporation of Mexican immigrant high school students to United States society. The design of the study is a qualitative multiple case study with a phenomenological perspective. Five Mexican immigrant high school students were selected according to specific criteria. Data was collected through in-depth, open-ended interviews, observations, and documentation. Special consideration were given to the role played by the high school in promoting the academic success of Mexican immigrant students and the contribution of native culture to the process of incorporation into United States society. This study makes contributions to knowledge about Mexican immigrant high school students that can help educators improve the services needed by this fast growing segment of the population. / text
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Reconstituted lives : children's experiences in the context of transnational migration between Canada and TaiwanHsu, Wei-Shan 05 1900 (has links)
It is becoming increasingly common for current-day migrants to build transnational
connections transcending national borders. Amongst recent immigrants from Taiwan to
Canada, an "astronaut" type of family arrangement has emerged. In the "astronaut"
families, either one or both parents continue working in Taiwan to maximize the financial
resources of the family, while the children reside in Canada. These children affected by
transnational migration between Canada and Taiwan no longer experience a radical break
from their place of origin—Taiwan. Instead, both the settlement society and their ethnic
origin have continually informed the processes of these children's home-making and
identity development.
Based on eleven individual interviews conducted in Greater Vancouver regional
district of British Columbia, Canada between June and September, 2001, this study
explores the impact of transnational family arrangements on children's lives, and
children's.senses of home and identity. Findings suggest that the families of the children
interviewed undergo a reconfiguration of the traditional family structure, a reconfiguration
based on the establishment of various transnational connections linking family in Taiwan
and family in Vancouver. The new transnational family structure is operating within new
forms of interdependence between family members and within changing family
relationships. The transnational family arrangement has affected how the children define
"home" and where they consider to be "home". The children's senses of home are
influenced by the interaction between their quotidian experiences in Vancouver and their
transnational connections with Taiwan. In terms of identity, the children interviewed
reveal a persistence of Taiwanese identity over time and at the same time a fluctuation in
the intensity of their Taiwanese identity. The main factors affecting the children's senses
of identity are: cross-cultural contacts they have experienced in Vancouver, the significant
flow of people and cultural items from Taiwan to Vancouver, and the primordial
attachment to their place of origin. The children have learned to negotiate within
"astronaut" families. They have become new kinds of "transnational" people—those who
can situate themselves somewhere between being Taiwanese and being Canadian and yet,
be both.
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Exploring the schooling experience of migrant children from the Democratic Republic of Congo in South Africa.Nnadozie, Jude Ifeanyichukwu. January 2010 (has links)
This study explores the schooling experiences in South Africa of migrant children from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Migration has been an area of interest within political, social and academic circles. In recent times, studies have been and are being conducted on issues on migration especially with the aim of exploring migrants’ experiences and challenges. This study addresses the experiences of migrant children from the Democratic Republic of Congo in schools in South Africa and their social identity as migrants. It aims to bring these issues into focus and to encourage further research and debate with the aim of finding ways of ensuring better schooling experiences for these migrant children.
As its objective, and in line with the aspirations of inclusion and diversity of the present system of education in South Africa, this study: enables an insight into the Congolese migrant children’s school experiences and the
resulting challenges for schooling in South Africa, provides an avenue to explore these challenges and experiences in the light of educational
policies in place in South Africa and how these challenges affect the children’s education, raises critical issues regarding inclusion and diversity in the South African educational context, and contributes to ongoing debate, awareness and research interest in the area of study. The study addresses the extent to which the inclusive schooling system in South Africa does in reality include these migrant children. This study is situated within the critical paradigm and engages Social Identity Theory as its
theoretical framework. It employs a case study methodology to explore the schooling experiences of migrant children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The theoretical framework as well as the methodology used in this study makes provision for a critical engagement in the analyses of these experiences. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood, 2010.
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Reaching the next generations in North American Chinese churchesCarlson, Kenneth P. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-233).
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Effective ministry to second generation Filipinos an ethnographic study of adult second generation Filipinos at Faith Bible Church of Vallejo /Calica, Reuel M. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-180).
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A survey, investigation and study of the health habits, knowledge and physical condition of boys of foreign-born parentage in the Cleveland Intermediate School, Detroit, Michigan a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment ... Master of Science in Public Health ... /Irwin, Waldo J. January 1932 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1932.
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Effective ministry to second generation Filipinos an ethnographic study of adult second generation Filipinos at Faith Bible Church of Vallejo /Calica, Reuel M. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2008. / Abstract. Typescript. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-180).
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