Zehr, Mary Ann,
Culture Clash. Mary Ann Zehr. - Education Week, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 5, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Culture Clash, Feb. 5, 2003; pp. 26-30.
"Having received the largest number of immigrants ever in a single decade during the 1990s, the United States has become home to an increasing number of parents...whose traditional values don't mesh well with the more liberal values that tend to permeate public schools." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article examines the problems faced by parents helping "their children make sense of the two worlds they live in--the world of school and the more traditional world of home and community" and reports that the way schools handle this cultural clash can make an impact on the lives of these immigrant children.
1522-3256;
Assimilation (Sociology)
Children of immigrants--Education
Community and school
Culture conflict
Religion and culture
Values in adolescence
Harrisonburg (Va.)
AC1.S5
050
Culture Clash. Mary Ann Zehr. - Education Week, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 5, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Culture Clash, Feb. 5, 2003; pp. 26-30.
"Having received the largest number of immigrants ever in a single decade during the 1990s, the United States has become home to an increasing number of parents...whose traditional values don't mesh well with the more liberal values that tend to permeate public schools." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article examines the problems faced by parents helping "their children make sense of the two worlds they live in--the world of school and the more traditional world of home and community" and reports that the way schools handle this cultural clash can make an impact on the lives of these immigrant children.
1522-3256;
Assimilation (Sociology)
Children of immigrants--Education
Community and school
Culture conflict
Religion and culture
Values in adolescence
Harrisonburg (Va.)
AC1.S5
050