TY - JOUR
T1 - Professionals' approach towards discipline in educational systems as perceived by immigrant parents
T2 - The case of immigrants from the former soviet union in Israel
AU - Shor, Ron
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - In the process of acculturation to their new country, immigrants often encounter a common expectation that they will adjust their views to those common in the mainstream culture. However, since adjustment is a long-term process, differences in the perceptions of the appropriate disciplinary approach towards children may arise between immigrant parents and professionals in educational systems. When differences occur, they could possibly lead to conflicts and difficulties in collaboration between parents and professionals. The objective of this study has been to examine how the immigrant parents perceive professionals' responses to their children's misbehavior in educational settings and what their expectations are as to how these professionals should respond. The results of this study, conducted with 104 immigrant parents from the Former Soviet Union in Israel, indicate that conflicts which the immigrant parents experience in that setting could be characterized primarily as culturally-based disagreements about how professionals in educational systems should discipline children when they misbehave, in which situations intervention is needed, and how to respond to children's misbehaviors when immigration-related difficulties contribute to the misbehaviors. Suggestions to bridge the gaps between immigrant parents and professionals in schools and kindergartens are provided.
AB - In the process of acculturation to their new country, immigrants often encounter a common expectation that they will adjust their views to those common in the mainstream culture. However, since adjustment is a long-term process, differences in the perceptions of the appropriate disciplinary approach towards children may arise between immigrant parents and professionals in educational systems. When differences occur, they could possibly lead to conflicts and difficulties in collaboration between parents and professionals. The objective of this study has been to examine how the immigrant parents perceive professionals' responses to their children's misbehavior in educational settings and what their expectations are as to how these professionals should respond. The results of this study, conducted with 104 immigrant parents from the Former Soviet Union in Israel, indicate that conflicts which the immigrant parents experience in that setting could be characterized primarily as culturally-based disagreements about how professionals in educational systems should discipline children when they misbehave, in which situations intervention is needed, and how to respond to children's misbehaviors when immigration-related difficulties contribute to the misbehaviors. Suggestions to bridge the gaps between immigrant parents and professionals in schools and kindergartens are provided.
KW - Children
KW - Discipline
KW - Educational systems
KW - Former soviet union
KW - Immigrants
KW - Professionals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33749669472&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0300443042000266268
DO - 10.1080/0300443042000266268
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AN - SCOPUS:33749669472
SN - 0300-4430
VL - 175
SP - 457
EP - 465
JO - Early Child Development and Care
JF - Early Child Development and Care
IS - 5
ER -