Journal Articles

Multicultural and cross-cultural narrative inquiry into understanding immigrant students' educational experience in Hong Kong

Title:
Multicultural and cross-cultural narrative inquiry into understanding immigrant students' educational experience in Hong Kong
Authors:
- Phillion, JoAnn Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Source:
Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 38(3), 281-293, 2008
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2008
Education Categories:
- N Students & Student Services
  - NN Overseas Students in Hong Kong
- A Human Growth & Development
  - AE Socioeconomic & Cultural Differences, Class & Family Background
Keywords:
Comparative Education Foreign Countries Educational Experience Immigrants Cross Cultural Studies Research Methodology Personal Narratives Elementary School Students Cultural Pluralism Hong Kong China
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Primary Education
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of narrative inquiry to contribute to an understanding of immigrant students' educational experience. Research on immigrant students' education is reviewed and the need for detailed examination of these students' experiences in schools, such as is done in a narrative inquiry, is demonstrated. Current trends in narrative inquiry that focus on multicultural and cross-cultural phenomena are examined. Key questions that narrative inquirers engaged in international and comparative education need to consider are discussed. One narrative inquiry on Mainland Chinese immigrant students in Hong Kong is presented to demonstrate the particular qualities of this form of inquiry and its potential for understanding immigrant students' educational experience. Dilemmas and concerns associated with this form of inquiry are briefly addressed.
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Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 03057925
DOI:
- 10.1080/03057920802066568
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/a18ebf28
Entry Date:
2010-09-24