{"title":"School Selection for Their Children in Canada: What Do Chinese Parent-Students Consider?","authors":"Sonia Wai-Ying Ho, George Zhou","doi":"10.11575/AJER.V67I2.61848","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, more and more Chinese students have come to Canada for their education. Some of them are parents, and they bring their children with them. Using a multiple case study design, this study explored these international parent-students in regards to how they select schools for their children. Six participants were recruited. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis reveals that participants viewed school selection for their children as their responsibility and thus they were highly engaged in the process. No significant challenges arose in the process of school selection as parents adopted different strategies. Participants considered five key factors when selecting schools for their children, including peers’ family background, school rank, language of instruction, impression of the teachers, and parents’ religious background. These factors were shaped by the Chinese culture, the participants’ class identity, and their anxiety and expectations towards their children’s future. \nKey words: International parent-student, parental involvement, school selection, social class identity \nCes dernieres annees, de plus en plus d'etudiants chinois sont venus au Canada pour y faire leurs etudes. Certains d'entre eux sont des parents, et ils amenent leurs enfants avec eux. A l'aide d'un modele d'etude de cas multiples, cette etude s'est interessee a ces parents-etudiants internationaux et a la facon dont ils choisissent les ecoles pour leurs enfants. Six participants ont ete recrutes. Les donnees ont ete recueillies par le biais d'entretiens semi-structures. L'analyse des donnees revele que les participants considerent le choix de l'ecole pour leurs enfants comme leur responsabilite et qu'ils sont donc tres engages dans le processus. Aucun defi significatif ne s’est presente au cours du processus de selection des ecoles, les parents ayant adopte differentes strategies. Les participants ont pris en compte cinq facteurs cles lors du choix de l'ecole de leurs enfants, a savoir le milieu familial des pairs, le classement de l'ecole, la langue d'enseignement, l'impression des enseignants et l'appartenance religieuse des parents. Ces facteurs ont ete faconnes par la culture chinoise, l'identite de classe des participants, ainsi que leur anxiete et leurs attentes quant a l'avenir de leurs enfants. \nMots-cles : parent-etudiant international, implication des parents, choix de l'ecole, identite de classe sociale","PeriodicalId":35607,"journal":{"name":"Alberta Journal of Educational Research","volume":"67 1","pages":"129-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alberta Journal of Educational Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.11575/AJER.V67I2.61848","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In recent years, more and more Chinese students have come to Canada for their education. Some of them are parents, and they bring their children with them. Using a multiple case study design, this study explored these international parent-students in regards to how they select schools for their children. Six participants were recruited. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis reveals that participants viewed school selection for their children as their responsibility and thus they were highly engaged in the process. No significant challenges arose in the process of school selection as parents adopted different strategies. Participants considered five key factors when selecting schools for their children, including peers’ family background, school rank, language of instruction, impression of the teachers, and parents’ religious background. These factors were shaped by the Chinese culture, the participants’ class identity, and their anxiety and expectations towards their children’s future.
Key words: International parent-student, parental involvement, school selection, social class identity
Ces dernieres annees, de plus en plus d'etudiants chinois sont venus au Canada pour y faire leurs etudes. Certains d'entre eux sont des parents, et ils amenent leurs enfants avec eux. A l'aide d'un modele d'etude de cas multiples, cette etude s'est interessee a ces parents-etudiants internationaux et a la facon dont ils choisissent les ecoles pour leurs enfants. Six participants ont ete recrutes. Les donnees ont ete recueillies par le biais d'entretiens semi-structures. L'analyse des donnees revele que les participants considerent le choix de l'ecole pour leurs enfants comme leur responsabilite et qu'ils sont donc tres engages dans le processus. Aucun defi significatif ne s’est presente au cours du processus de selection des ecoles, les parents ayant adopte differentes strategies. Les participants ont pris en compte cinq facteurs cles lors du choix de l'ecole de leurs enfants, a savoir le milieu familial des pairs, le classement de l'ecole, la langue d'enseignement, l'impression des enseignants et l'appartenance religieuse des parents. Ces facteurs ont ete faconnes par la culture chinoise, l'identite de classe des participants, ainsi que leur anxiete et leurs attentes quant a l'avenir de leurs enfants.
Mots-cles : parent-etudiant international, implication des parents, choix de l'ecole, identite de classe sociale
期刊介绍:
The Alberta Journal of Educational Research is a quarterly journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation, and encouragement of all forms of systematic inquiry into education and fields related to or associated with education