Transnational Parenting Practices of Chinese Immigrant Families in New Zealand

Autor/in	Chan, Angel
Titel	Transnational Parenting Practices of Chinese Immigrant Families in New Zealand
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 19 (2018) 3, S.219-230 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.1177/1463949117691204
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Asians; Parenting Styles; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Cultural Pluralism; Early Childhood Education; Cultural Influences; Asian Culture; Parent Attitudes; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Parent Aspiration; New Zealand; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kulturpluralismus; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Elternverhalten; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Elternwille; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article advocates for fluid pedagogies that align with the transnational parenting practices of immigrant families. New Zealand is now considered to be a superdiverse country with a large population of immigrants. This superdiversity phenomenon can therefore also be found in its early childhood education settings. Research has indicated that many contemporary immigrants are transnationals who maintain close connections with their home countries and frequently engage in border-crossing activities. Transnational immigrants are mobile, and their parenting strategies may be similarly fluid. This article uses findings from a research project which involved Chinese immigrant families to illustrate transnational perspectives of early childhood education and parenting practices. Narrative excerpts are presented and analysed using key theoretical constructs of transnationalism to illustrate the participants' cultural dilemmas in their parenting, their preparedness to adapt their heritage practices and to adopt early childhood education discourses of the host country, and their agency in choosing parenting strategies that they believed best support their children's learning. It highlights the importance of parent--teacher dialogue and of enacting a curriculum with fluid pedagogies that are responsive to heterogeneous parental aspirations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01