International Journal of Educational Research
Volume 23, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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How multicultural is the school in “multicultural society”? A Belgian case study
Eugeen Roosens
The competition for efficiency that governs the production of goods and services throughout the world is in part determined by the structure of the non-man-made material world. Not all techniques... More
pp. 11-21
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Cultural practices and ethnicity: Diversifications among Turkish young women
Chris Timmerman
In this chapter we will analyze some “objectively” observed cultural practices of young Turkish immigrant women. We complement this “etic” perspective with the “emic” point of view, in which ethnic... More
pp. 23-32
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Moroccan immigrants and school success
Philip Hermans
All kinds of cultural and structural influences have their effects on the school performance of minority students. Some of these influences are discussed and, it is shown that an optimistic belief ... More
pp. 33-43
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Controlled internationalization: The case of kikokushijo from Belgium
Lin Pang Ching
Education, as an institutional tool to shape and bundle the social behavior and the minds of future generations into a basic form of national unity, has always occupied a special position in... More
pp. 45-56
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The concept of educación: Latino family values and American schooling
Leslie Reese, Silvia Balzano, Ronald Gallimore & Claude Goldenberg
Do traditional, agrarian values put minority culture children at a disadvantage in North American schools? The available results are mixed. In this chapter we attempt to “unpack” some of the... More
pp. 57-81
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The hidden persistence of immigrant “dropouts”: Distortions, blank spots and blind spots in research on schooling careers
Donald A. Hansen, JoEllen Fisherkeller & Vicky A. Johnson
High dropout rates of Hispanic students have been documented repeatedly in recent decades. Nationwide, the percentage of 16- to 24-year old Hispanics who are reported as dropouts is almost four... More
pp. 83-105
