Cross-cultural schooling experiences of Chinese immigrant families in search of home in times of transition /

This book introduces the concept of reciprocal educational learning among cultures with very different historical and philosophical origins. The concept of reciprocal learning grows out of a four year study of immigrant Chinese family narrative experiences in a Western context. This book captures th...

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Main Author: Xu, Shijing.
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Cham, Switzerland : [2017]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Intercultural reciprocal learning in Chinese and Western education.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Being "Chinese" on Landscapes in Transition
  • Chapter 2. In the Midst of Stories: Is Seeing Believing?
  • Chapter 3. Grandparents' Sense of Home: "Money Cannot Buy the Heart"
  • Chapter 4. A Mother's Hope: Hui Lan's Family Stories
  • Chapter 5. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Zhi Gao
  • Chapter 6. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Yang Yang
  • Chapter 7. Life in Transition: Newcomer Boy Jia Ming
  • Chapter 8. Intersecting Newcomer Families' Narratives on Landscapes in Transition
  • Chapter 9. Sketching Unseen Lives of Immigrant Children between Home and School.