An early look at parental expectation towards early childhood education among Pakistani parents in Hong Kong: The role of culture and acculturation

An early look at parental expectation towards early childhood education among Pakistani parents in Hong Kong: The role of culture and acculturation

• Chan, Yau Yu The Education University of Hong Kong
• Li, Jianbin The Education University of Hong Kong

Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 2020

Elsevier Ltd

2020

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AE Socioeconomic & Cultural Differences, Class & Family Background
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AF Family & Development, Family Relationship, Reproduction & Child Rearing, Family Education, Parental Involvement
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QB Pre-school Education, Child Caring Facilities, Maternal & Infantile Health Facilities

Parental Expectation Early Childhood Education Cross-cultural Comparison Hong Kong Pakistan Gender

• Hong Kong
• Pakistan

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

It is commonly believed that ethnic minority (EM) parents tend to have low expectation towards their children’s education due to adverse social and economic status, but other studies suggest EM parents would have high expectation because they want their children to gain upward social mobility. In this study, we compared Pakistani parents’ expectation towards early childhood education (ECE) with Hong Kong parents and examined the role of acculturation in Pakistani parents’ expectation towards ECE. Participants were 73 first-generation Pakistani parents living in Hong Kong and 214 Hong Kong parents. They filled in questionnaires that measured expectation towards ECE. Pakistani parents also answered a questionnaire that captured the degree of acculturation. Results of moderation analysis revealed significant interactions between culture and child gender in all the dimensions of parental expectation towards ECE. Specifically, Pakistani parents reported higher expectation towards ECE than Hong Kong parents. Moreover, Pakistani parents generally reported significantly higher expectation for boys than for girls, while Hong Kong parents’ expectation towards girls was significantly higher than boys with a few exceptions. Moreover, regression analyses showed that integration and marginalization were positively related to several dimensions of parental expectation. These findings provide pioneer understanding about expectation towards ECE among Pakistani parents in Hong Kong and shed light on the promotion of gender-equality ECE. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

• English

Journal Articles

• 01907409

• 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105652

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2021-01-15