Ethnic Retention as a Predictor of Academic Success: Lessons from the Children of Immigrant Families and Black Children
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| Title: | Ethnic Retention as a Predictor of Academic Success: Lessons from the Children of Immigrant Families and Black Children |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Akiba, Daisuke |
| Source: | Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. May-Jun 2007 80(5):223-225. |
| Availability: | Heldref Publications. 1319 Eighteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Tel: 800-365-9753; Tel: 202-296-6267; Fax: 202-293-6130; e-mail: subscribe@heldref.org; Web site: http://www.heldref.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 3 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | African American Children, Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Ethnicity, Racial Differences, Predictor Variables, Acculturation, Cultural Influences, Social Bias |
| DOI: | 10.3200/TCHS.80.5.223-226 |
| ISSN: | 0009-8655 |
| Abstract: | Educators and policymakers often believe that immigrant children perform better in school if they and their families culturally assimilate and assume the characteristics prevalent in the dominant mainstream society. Therefore, ethnic retention (i.e., immigrant families and people of color embracing their own ethnic values, artifacts, and practices) is frequently thought to be a major factor leading to academic underachievement. However, based on empirical evidence, ethnic retention is actually predictive of higher academic achievement among children from immigrant families. For blacks, although the academic benefits of cultural retention seems credible, the matter is more complex given the longer history of social oppression collectively experienced in the community. In this article, the author discusses the classroom and policy implications of these empirical findings. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 16 |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | EJ771301 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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