Children of Somali refugees in Australian schools: Self-descriptions of school-related skills and needs
| Autor: | Abi Brooker, Nadia Albert, Ying Han Lin, Vivienne Champness, Kellie Karantzas, Jeanette A. Lawrence, Agnes E. Dodds |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Social Psychology
Refugee Ethnic group Grammar school Somali Acculturation language.human_language Education Developmental psychology Disadvantaged Developmental Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology language Mainstream Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Disadvantage |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Behavioral Development. 34:521-528 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0651 0165-0254 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0165025410365801 |
| Popis: | We examined self-descriptions of children of Somali refugee families in Australian primary schools, focusing on how children’s school-related skills and needs relate to the interpretive frames of mainstream and ethnic cultures. Three groups of Grade 5 and 6 children (Somali, Disadvantaged, Advantaged) made choices among school-related skills, and rated feelings and needs for the transition to high school. Findings indicate a general goodness of fit between emphases of the mainstream culture and Somali children’s choices (sport, maths), while reflecting some values of their ethnic interpretive frames (rejecting art, music). Gender stereotypic differences did not interact with culture. Children’s computer-based choices provide a basis for bringing together studies of development and acculturation, and for differentiating between refugee status and socio-economic disadvantage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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