Educational inclusion/exclusion of Turkish immigrant youth in Vancouver,Canada: a critical analysis

This empirical research analyses an understudied population, Turkish immigrant youths' educational experiences of inclusion/exclusion in Vancouver. My information was gathered from in-depth interviews and participant observation with the first- and second-generation, Muslim and non-religious female and male Turkish immigrant youth from working and middle-class families. The findings of this study indicate that teachers' racism, linguicism and general Islamophobia are the factors of discrimination against Turkish immigrant youth in the education market. The findings suggest that cultural background, immigration status, class and religious affiliation are significant elements in students' relations to the school culture and their educational experiences of inclusion/exclusion in Canadian schools.     

Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs

In England, students with immigrant background exhibit lower educational attainment than those without immigrant background. Family socioeconomic status (SES) helps explain differences in educational attainment, but a gap remains that differs in size for students with different immigrant backgrounds. While the explanatory repertoire for the remaining gap is broad, it has been neglected to comprehensively investigate whether family SES constructs are equivalent across students with different immigrant backgrounds. Using data from the first wave of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) for England (n = 4,315), the paper applies exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) to evaluate measurement invariance of family background constructs across students without and with immigrant background, specifically Pakistani/Bangladeshi immigrant background. Results suggest differences in the structure of family SES indicators across groups and in their association with educational attainment. Complementary variables are suggested to enhance family SES indicators. Findings are relevant to researchers investigating educational inequalities related to immigrant background.     

Supporting Mexican immigrants’ resettlement in the United States: an ethnography of communication approach to building allies’ communication competence

This research explores interactions among Mexican immigrants and their U.S.- and Mexican-born allies at an immigrant support center (ISC) in the U.S. Southwest. I propose that to support Mexican immigrants in resettling, allies who work at this ISC must apply cultural knowledge about competent communication for Mexican speakers to structure their strategic actions (Sprain & Boromisza-Habashi, 2013). Taking an ethnography of communication (EOC) approach, I investigate the means and meanings of communication (Hymes, 1972) for speakers that point to cultural knowledge about competent communication. Data for this study include 7 months of observation, interviews with 37 community and staff members, and public documents collected during fieldwork. Findings reveal five means of communication that are meaningful for speakers at ISC. This research demonstrates the practical utility of the EOC in understanding how cultural expectations for communication may both assist and limit ISC’s efforts to support resettlement.     

成人教育:我国城市农民工社会融合的助推器

我国城市农民工社会融合程度较低,表现在经济融合层次低、政治融合边缘化、文化归属感缺失以及社会关系网络狭隘等方面。成人教育以其独特的功能和特殊的性质为农民工的社会融合提供了有力支持,其本质,即促进农民工的再社会化。今后,应当继续密切成人教育与农民工社会融合的关系,更好地发挥成人教育促进农民工社会融合的功能和作用。     

The effect of stimulating immigrant and national pupils’ helping behaviour during cooperative learning in classrooms on their maths‐related talk

This study examined whether stimulation of immigrant and national pupils’ use of high‐quality helping behaviour (experimental condition) during cooperative learning (CL) in classrooms boosts their maths‐related talk more than in an educational situation in which such stimulation is largely absent (control condition). A total of 59 elementary‐age pupils enrolled in a CL maths curriculum of 11 lessons. They were video taped during two lessons while working together on maths assignments to assess their maths‐related talk. We found that the quality of maths‐related talk was higher in the experimental condition. Furthermore, immigrant pupils’ used less maths‐related talk than the national pupils. Implications are discussed.     

农民工组织问题研究

本文根据对农民工组织问题的分析,提出农民工组织化问题是解决农民工与城市之间社会整合问题的关键所在。文章指出解决农民工组织的问题要在原有的血缘、地缘、业缘等组织基础上进行组织创新,以一种结合以上三种因素的综合组织的形态在城市完成农民工的社会重建。     

开台祖先崇拜与家族意象确立——以台湾中部客家移民族谱为据

本文根据清代台湾中部地区客家移民家族族谱中所记载的开台祖先传说,考察在当时当地的地域社会复杂条件下,移民建立自己家族意象的过程。家族系统在错综复杂的环境包围之下,不仅能够生存、发展,而且能够不断地自我分化。藉由对开台祖先的尊敬,在族谱内记载开发过程中所产生的种种传说,使得家族成员自我反思,产生一种族群自我参照的系统。祠堂与祭祀公业的确立,让家族成员间有互相沟通的网络。并藉由编修族谱的过程,汇集家族成员共识的基本准则。族谱编修完成,即表示已达成族群共识,宗族组织运作亦随之系统化。家族意象在抽象的宗族精神与具体的经济生活都确立之后,家族移民由原乡到移居地的移民过程才算告一段落。     

德州《张氏族谱》价值初探

德州《张氏族谱》前后三修,记事历时近六百年,内容涉及谱序凡例、世系繁衍、人物传记、族规族训、恩荣艺文等诸多方面,为研究德州张氏家族及德州地方史提供了宝贵的资料。     

Learner pregnancy in South Africa’s Eastern Cape: The Factors affecting adolescent girls' school withdrawal during pregnancy

An early pregnancy often puts an end to a girls’ education. However, few studies have investigated which factors affect adolescents’ school discontinuation during pregnancy. This study interviewed 1,046 adolescent mothers from the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. The results showed that a quarter of school-going adolescent girls withdrew from school during the pregnancy - many as early as the first trimester. School withdrawal was associated with higher poverty, higher grade repetition, an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, and greater lack of information about the pregnancy. Given the high enrolment rates at the onset of the pregnancy, school-based services may provide an opportunity to identify which girls require substantial support to remain in education throughout pregnancy, using a history of poor school performance as an indicator for dropout.     

精英:建构和谐移民社区的决定性变量——以贵州省金沙县八一村为例

通过对八一村这一移民社区精英“主政”格局形成过程的追述,并以精英参与社区运作的方式为研究个案,试图阐明精英参与社区运作,是建构和谐移民社区的决定性变量,进而揭示因势利导地利用精英的作用,对构建和谐多民族移民社区具有特殊价值。