Culture Clash. Mary Ann Zehr.
by Zehr, Mary Ann; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 5Institutions. Publisher: Education Week, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Assimilation (Sociology) | Children of immigrants -- Education | Community and school | Culture conflict | Harrisonburg (Va.) | Religion and culture | Values in adolescenceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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