TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigrant students' experience of schooling
T2 - A narrative inquiry theoretical framework
AU - Xu, Shijing
AU - Connelly, Michael F.
AU - He, Ming Fang
AU - Phillion, Joann
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - We explore immigrant students' experience of schooling focusing on Yang Yang and his family. We present insights into immigrant Chinese educational experience in Canada and bring forward a narrative-inquiry framework for the study of student experience. We find that - contrary to some of the expectations of Chinese immigrants - family relations, student learning, and school policies are complicated, with families finding it difficult to translate Chinese educational values in the Canadian context and their children facing serious learning and social difficulties.
AB - We explore immigrant students' experience of schooling focusing on Yang Yang and his family. We present insights into immigrant Chinese educational experience in Canada and bring forward a narrative-inquiry framework for the study of student experience. We find that - contrary to some of the expectations of Chinese immigrants - family relations, student learning, and school policies are complicated, with families finding it difficult to translate Chinese educational values in the Canadian context and their children facing serious learning and social difficulties.
KW - Immigrant student experience
KW - Multicultural education
KW - Narrative inquiry
KW - School policy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35349008029&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220270601148144
DO - 10.1080/00220270601148144
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35349008029
SN - 0022-0272
VL - 39
SP - 399
EP - 422
JO - Journal of Curriculum Studies
JF - Journal of Curriculum Studies
IS - 4
ER -