"My friends are there": Constructions of schooling of children of Filipino immigrants in South Australia

This article provides insights into children's perspectives on schooling experiences following immigration. Albeit focusing on a small cohort of children, the theory and methodology in the article could well be applied to children of immigrants from other cultures. In exploring the primary scho...

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Published in:Cogent education 2017-01, Vol.4 (1), p.1412036
Main Authors: Potts, Anthony, Maadad, Nina, Yu, Marizon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Australia
Children & youth
children's perspectives
coping
Educational Environment
Educational Experience
Educational research
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Family Relationship
Filipino immigrant children
Foreign Countries
immigrant children
Immigrant students
Immigrants
Interviews
Learning
Peer Relationship
primary schooling
Qualitative Research
socialisation
Socialization
Student Adjustment
Student Attitudes
Student Behavior
symbolic interactionism
Teacher Student Relationship
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Summary:This article provides insights into children's perspectives on schooling experiences following immigration. Albeit focusing on a small cohort of children, the theory and methodology in the article could well be applied to children of immigrants from other cultures. In exploring the primary school experiences of children of Filipino immigrants in South Australia, symbolic interactionism as frame of analysis and in-depth interviews as research method have been utilised. This study shows that children constructed perspectives on the school environment, academic work and interaction with peers and teachers. Symbolic interactionism asserts that children defined their situations, took perspectives and adjusted their behaviour in line with that of others. This paper argues that children's perspectives were informed by socialisation to prior schooling in the Philippines and interaction with family, peers and teachers. This prior schooling experience, likewise, informed the children's construction of primary schooling in South Australia.
ISSN:2331-186X
2331-186X
DOI:10.1080/2331186X.2017.1412036