Children of Immigration
01 Feb 2004-Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Blackwell Publishing Limited)-Vol. 9, Iss: 1, pp 45-45
About: This article is published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.The article was published on 2004-02-01. It has received 1024 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Immigration.
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TL;DR: The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement as mentioned in this paper, and it is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change.
Abstract: The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement. Engagement is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change. Researchers describe behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement and recommend studying engagement as a multifaceted construct. This article reviews definitions, measures, precursors, and outcomes of engagement; discusses limitations in the existing research; and suggests improvements. The authors conclude that, although much has been learned, the potential contribution of the concept of school engagement to research on student experience has yet to be realized. They call for richer characterizations of how students behave, feel, and think—research that could aid in the development of finely tuned interventions
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TL;DR: The authors integrate and synthesize what is known about racial and ethnic socialization on the basis of current empirical research, examining studies concerning its nature and frequency; its child, parent, and ecological predictors; and its consequences for children's development, including ethnic identity, self-esteem, coping with discrimination, academic achievement, and psychosocial well-being.
Abstract: Recently, there has been an emergence of literature on the mechanisms through which parents transmit information, values, and perspectives about ethnicity and race to their children, commonly referred to as racial or ethnic socialization. This literature has sought to document the nature of such socialization, its antecedents in parents' and children's characteristics and experiences, and its consequences for children's well-being and development. In this article, the authors integrate and synthesize what is known about racial and ethnic socialization on the basis of current empirical research, examining studies concerning its nature and frequency; its child, parent, and ecological predictors; and its consequences for children's development, including ethnic identity, self-esteem, coping with discrimination, academic achievement, and psychosocial well-being. The authors also discuss conceptual and methodological limitations of the literature and suggest directions for future research.
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Cites background or methods from "Children of Immigration"
...…routines in which the native language is spoken, native foods are served, and native traditions are observed (Pessar, 1995; Rodriguez & Sánchez Korrol, 1996; Suárez-Orozco & Suárez-Orozco, 1995, 2001; Urciuoli, 1996; Waters, 1990; Zimmerman, Ramirez-Valles, Washienko, Walter, & Dyer, 1996)....
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...Using NSBA data, Thornton et al. (1990) found that men in the Northeast were more likely to report ethnic– racial socialization than were men in the South, although no regional differences were evident among women....
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...…suggested that recent immigrants to the United States emphasize children’s acquisition of their native cultural values, beliefs, practices, and language (Pessar, 1995; Rodriguez & Sánchez Korrol, 1996; Suárez-Orozco & Suárez-Orozco, 1995, 2001; Urciuoli, 1996; Waters, 1990, 1994, 1999)....
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TL;DR: This paper used the theory of segmented assimilation, which accounts for diverse entry situations and receptions of immigrant and refugee populations, to consider the needs and obstacles to education for refugees, and interventions for success.
Abstract: Since 1975, the United States has resettled more than 2 million refugees, with approximately half arriving as children. Refugee children have traumatic experiences that can hinder their learning. The United Nations has specified in conventions, and researchers have concurred, that education is essential for refugee children's psychosocial adjustment. However, government officials, public opinion, and researchers have often differed about what is best for refugees' healthy acculturation. On the basis of a large-scale longitudinal study of the children of immigrants and refugees, Portes and Zhou (1993) suggested the theory of segmented assimilation, which accounts for diverse entry situations and receptions of immigrant and refugee populations. This review uses their theory to consider the needs and obstacles to education for refugees, and interventions for success.
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TL;DR: This article examined race and immigrant differences in barriers to parental involvement at school and found that minority immigrant parents, compared with native-born parents, reported more barriers to participation and were subsequently less likely to be involved at school.
Abstract: Parental involvement at school offers unique opportunities for parents, and this school-based involvement has important implications for children's academic and behavioral outcomes The authors used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001) to examine race and immigrant differences in barriers to parental involvement at school Minority immigrant parents, compared with native-born parents, reported more barriers to participation and were subsequently less likely to be involved at school Among immigrant parents, time spent in the United States and English language ability were positively associated with involvement, but these associations differed by race Barriers to involvement serve as another source of disadvantage for immigrant parents and their children
590 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the long and often arduous history of these scholars' efforts, arguing that though gender is now less rarely treated merely as a variable in social science writing on migration, it is still not viewed by most researchers in the field as a key constitutive element of migrations.
Abstract: Ethnographers from anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines have been at the forefront of efforts to bring gender into scholarship on international and transnational migration. This article traces the long and often arduous history of these scholars’ efforts, arguing that though gender is now less rarely treated merely as a variable in social science writing on migration, it is still not viewed by most researchers in the field as a key constitutive element of migrations. The article highlights critical advances in the labor to engender migration studies, identifies under-researched topics, and argues that there have been opportunities when, had gender been construed as a critical force shaping migrations, the course of research likely would have shifted. The main example developed is the inattention paid to how gendered recruitment practices structure migrations – the fact that gender sways recruiters’ conceptions of appropriate employment niches for men versus women.
552 citations
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...Anthropologists and other ethnographers have made major contributions to the latter ( inter alia Stepick, 1998; Singer and Gilbertson, 2000; Suárez-Orozco, 2001; Levitt and Waters, 2002), though their work may not be as fully appreciated as that from more quantitative studies ( e....
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...Anthropologists and other ethnographers have made major contributions to the latter ( inter alia Stepick, 1998; Singer and Gilbertson, 2000; Suárez-Orozco, 2001; Levitt and Waters, 2002), though their work may not be as fully appreciated as that from more quantitative studies ( e.g. , Portes 36 I …...
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...Indeed, some research has found that gender-based behavioral expectations and rewards are practiced in schools as well as in the home (Suárez-Orozco, 2001; López, 2003)....
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TL;DR: The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement as mentioned in this paper, and it is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change.
Abstract: The concept of school engagement has attracted increasing attention as representing a possible antidote to declining academic motivation and achievement. Engagement is presumed to be malleable, responsive to contextual features, and amenable to environmental change. Researchers describe behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement and recommend studying engagement as a multifaceted construct. This article reviews definitions, measures, precursors, and outcomes of engagement; discusses limitations in the existing research; and suggests improvements. The authors conclude that, although much has been learned, the potential contribution of the concept of school engagement to research on student experience has yet to be realized. They call for richer characterizations of how students behave, feel, and think—research that could aid in the development of finely tuned interventions
7,641 citations
TL;DR: The authors integrate and synthesize what is known about racial and ethnic socialization on the basis of current empirical research, examining studies concerning its nature and frequency; its child, parent, and ecological predictors; and its consequences for children's development, including ethnic identity, self-esteem, coping with discrimination, academic achievement, and psychosocial well-being.
Abstract: Recently, there has been an emergence of literature on the mechanisms through which parents transmit information, values, and perspectives about ethnicity and race to their children, commonly referred to as racial or ethnic socialization. This literature has sought to document the nature of such socialization, its antecedents in parents' and children's characteristics and experiences, and its consequences for children's well-being and development. In this article, the authors integrate and synthesize what is known about racial and ethnic socialization on the basis of current empirical research, examining studies concerning its nature and frequency; its child, parent, and ecological predictors; and its consequences for children's development, including ethnic identity, self-esteem, coping with discrimination, academic achievement, and psychosocial well-being. The authors also discuss conceptual and methodological limitations of the literature and suggest directions for future research.
1,801 citations
TL;DR: This paper used the theory of segmented assimilation, which accounts for diverse entry situations and receptions of immigrant and refugee populations, to consider the needs and obstacles to education for refugees, and interventions for success.
Abstract: Since 1975, the United States has resettled more than 2 million refugees, with approximately half arriving as children. Refugee children have traumatic experiences that can hinder their learning. The United Nations has specified in conventions, and researchers have concurred, that education is essential for refugee children's psychosocial adjustment. However, government officials, public opinion, and researchers have often differed about what is best for refugees' healthy acculturation. On the basis of a large-scale longitudinal study of the children of immigrants and refugees, Portes and Zhou (1993) suggested the theory of segmented assimilation, which accounts for diverse entry situations and receptions of immigrant and refugee populations. This review uses their theory to consider the needs and obstacles to education for refugees, and interventions for success.
662 citations
TL;DR: This article examined race and immigrant differences in barriers to parental involvement at school and found that minority immigrant parents, compared with native-born parents, reported more barriers to participation and were subsequently less likely to be involved at school.
Abstract: Parental involvement at school offers unique opportunities for parents, and this school-based involvement has important implications for children's academic and behavioral outcomes The authors used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001) to examine race and immigrant differences in barriers to parental involvement at school Minority immigrant parents, compared with native-born parents, reported more barriers to participation and were subsequently less likely to be involved at school Among immigrant parents, time spent in the United States and English language ability were positively associated with involvement, but these associations differed by race Barriers to involvement serve as another source of disadvantage for immigrant parents and their children
590 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the long and often arduous history of these scholars' efforts, arguing that though gender is now less rarely treated merely as a variable in social science writing on migration, it is still not viewed by most researchers in the field as a key constitutive element of migrations.
Abstract: Ethnographers from anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines have been at the forefront of efforts to bring gender into scholarship on international and transnational migration. This article traces the long and often arduous history of these scholars’ efforts, arguing that though gender is now less rarely treated merely as a variable in social science writing on migration, it is still not viewed by most researchers in the field as a key constitutive element of migrations. The article highlights critical advances in the labor to engender migration studies, identifies under-researched topics, and argues that there have been opportunities when, had gender been construed as a critical force shaping migrations, the course of research likely would have shifted. The main example developed is the inattention paid to how gendered recruitment practices structure migrations – the fact that gender sways recruiters’ conceptions of appropriate employment niches for men versus women.
552 citations