Abstracts
Abstract
Supplementary or extra-curricular ethnic schools have been neglected in the research literature, especially in non-English speaking contexts such as Quebec and Flanders. Yet they are important for understanding the influence of ethnic social structures on the educational integration and academic achievement of immigrant students. From a comparative perspective, this paper focuses on the response of Chinese language schools to the educational needs of Chinese youth. Data were collected through ethnographic observations in Chinese schools in Quebec and Flanders,1 as well as in semi-structured interviews with students of Chinese origin, their parents, and school personnel. The findings demonstrate that the influence of ethnic social structures on the progression of minority/immigrant students through schooling is related to the particular profile of their ethnic community, as well as to the larger socio-economic and political environment of the host society.
Keywords:
- Ethnicity,
- social structures,
- culture,
- supplementary schooling
Résumé
Dans la littérature académique, peu d’attention a été accordée aux écoles ethniques complémentaires, surtout dans un contexte non ou peu anglophone comme le Québec et la Flandre. Cependant, elles jouent un rôle important dans la compréhension de l’influence des structures sociales ethniques sur l’intégration et la réussite scolaire des élèves issus de l’immigration. Dans une perspective comparative, cet article se concentre sur le rôle que jouent les écoles de langue chinoise en répondant aux besoins éducatifs des élèves d’origine chinoise. Nos données proviennent d’observations ethnographiques et d’entretiens semi-directifs réalisés au sein d’écoles ethniques complémentaires au Québec et en Flandres. Les résultats indiquent que l’impact des structures sociales ethniques sur le vécu scolaire des élèves issus de l’immigration ou des minorités est lié au profil de la communauté ethnique ainsi qu’à l’environnement socioéconomique et politique plus large de la société d’accueil.
Mots-clés :
- Ethnicité,
- structures sociales,
- culture,
- écoles complémentaires
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