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Matthiesen, Noomi Christine Linde – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
This article questions the dominant understanding that immigrant and refugee parents in parent-teacher conferences are silent because they come from a culture where one does not question the authority of the teacher. Instead, it is argued that they "become" silent through certain interactional processes. Building on material from an…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Refugees
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Osman, Ali; Månsson, Niclas – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2015
This study examines the encounter of Somali parents with their children's teachers and how these relations "affect" their possibility of supporting their children's attaining a successful school experience. The study is inspired by and combines the insight and concept of social capital developed by Coleman and Bourdieu. The parents…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Educational Experience