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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255112403321

Autore

Xu Shijing

Titolo

Cross-Cultural Schooling Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Families : In Search of Home in Times of Transition / / by Shijing Xu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319461038

3319461036

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 pages)

Collana

Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education, , 2946-4188

Disciplina

305.230869120973

Soggetti

International education

Comparative education

Education and state

International and Comparative Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Being “Chinese” on Landscapes in Transition -- Chapter 2. In the Midst of Stories: Is Seeing Believing? -- Chapter 3. Grandparents’ Sense of Home: “Money Cannot Buy the Heart” -- Chapter 4. A Mother’s Hope: Hui Lan’s Family Stories -- Chapter 5. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Zhi Gao -- Chapter 6. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Yang Yang -- Chapter 7. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Jia Ming -- Chapter 8. Intersecting Newcomer Families’ Narratives on Landscapes in Transition -- Chapter 9. Sketching Unseen Lives of Immigrant Children between Home and School.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces the concept of reciprocal educational learning among cultures with very different historical and philosophical origins. The concept of reciprocal learning grows out of a four year study of immigrant Chinese family narrative experiences in a Western context. This book captures the lived moments of such transitional lives both in and out of school settings to demonstrate why a child would appear and disappear from different caregivers’ purview. Through the narrative



lens of student and family life, the study illustrates the intersection of Confucian and Western philosophies of education and how their interaction creates complications as well as benefits for both traditions, hence, the idea of reciprocal learning.