Parental expectations of Chinese immigrants for children's school achievement
Subtitle: sociocultural context, psychological adjustment, and educational consequences
By: Jun Li ; with a preface by Richard A. Young.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780773448377
Subjects: Chinese American children -- Education; Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States; Education -- Parent participation -- United States; Academic achievement -- Social aspects -- United States; Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Parental expectations, culture, and acculturation; title: Qualitative research on Chinese immigrant families; title: Parental expectations for children's achievement; title: Parental cultural beliefs and life passages; title: Children's perceptions of parental expectations; title: Minority immigrant experiences; title: Affordances and constraints of parental expectations; title: Context, mind, and educational consequences.