کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
346835 617838 2009 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Pacific Islander American students: Caught between a rock and a hard place?
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پریناتولوژی (پزشکی مادر و جنین)، طب اطفال و بهداشت کودک
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Pacific Islander American students: Caught between a rock and a hard place?
چکیده انگلیسی

As a part of a community action plan for assisting Pacific Islander American high school students and their parents in navigating the educational system and building on previous studies on Pacific Islander youth [Vakalahi, H.F.O. & Godinet, M. (2008). Family and culture and the Samoan youth. Journal of Family Social Work, 11(3), 229–253.], this article discusses the perspective of Pacific Islander American students and their parents regarding family, culture and community, school, and peer/social relations-based risk and protective factors for academic achievements and risk for school dropout. Also explored in this study was their perspective on programmatic means by which to prevent school dropout. Study participants included Pacific Islander American youth and parents in one school located in a western U.S. state. Data were collected via focus groups. Results indicate that family relationships and dynamics, parental expectations, community and cultural duality, commitment to school, and peer relations serve as sources of risk and/or protection for educational achievement and risk for school dropout. Programmatic means such as availability of study hall, tutoring, incentive programs, and access to higher educational information were identified as necessary for school achievement and prevention of school dropout. Theory building, implications for research and policy and practice are also discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Children and Youth Services Review - Volume 31, Issue 12, December 2009, Pages 1258–1263
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