Privileging the voices of 12 recent Chinese immigrant adolescents, this multiple-case narrative study examined their home and school experiences from the critical sociocultural perspective. The adolescent stories about home testified to the significant influence of immigrant poverty, parental sacrificial altruism, and disciplinary Chinese…

In order to understand the interplay of culture and mind in immigrant adolescent learning and psychological adjustment, this multiple-case qualitative study examined salient home and school experiences told by recent Chinese immigrant youth in semistructured interviews and narrative essays. Forging the future between two different worlds defined,…

To understand parental expectations in Chinese immigrant families in Canada, this qualitative study intends to uncover a folk theory grounded in the perspectives and experiences of a group of recent Chinese immigrant parents and children. As a tradition, the parents emphasize the importance of school achievement and moral character. In response to…