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Guo, Yan – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
Immigrant parents bring their values, language, culture, religion, and educational backgrounds to our schools, enriching our educational environments. The literature on immigrant parents, however, uses a deficit model. This study explored the value of and knowledge of immigrant parents on the margins of the public education system. Data were…
Descriptors: Parents, Immigrants, Public Education, Student Diversity
Guo, Yan – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007
Interest in home-school communication has paid little attention, to date, to the experiences of English as a second language (ESL) parents. This article examines recent Chinese immigrant parents' and Canadian teachers' perspectives of ESL learning presented at Parents' Night. On the basis of observations of three annual Parents' Nights, interviews…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Study Skills, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Guo, Yan; Beckett, Gulbahar H. – Convergence, 2007
English has become the dominant global language of communication, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy and the internet. Governments as well as some scholars appear to be accepting such a spread of English uncritically. However, we argue that the increasing dominance of the English language is contributing to neocolonialism by empowering…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Indigenous Knowledge, International Relations, Foreign Countries