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Publication Date: 2024
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Weathering the Storm: How Mothers with Refugee Backgrounds Helped Their Children with School during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stacey Wilson-Forsberg; Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis; Oliver Masakure
International Journal of Multicultural Education, v26 n2 p15-37 2024
This paper focuses on the experiences of ten women in Canada with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa as they helped their adolescent children (ages 12-18) navigate the challenges of at-home online learning during the global COVID-19 pandemic. We situate our analysis within specific aspects of Yosso's (2005) Community Cultural Wealth framework to demonstrate that, while the women's efforts were hampered by online learning technologies, they were able to harness aspirational and familial capital to keep their children engaged in schoolwork. The women felt deeply involved in their children's education, particularly in terms of following up on children's homework, monitoring their activities, and providing guidance.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Barriers, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Electronic Learning, Parent Aspiration, Family Influence, Cultural Capital, Learner Engagement, Parent Participation, Secondary School Students, African Culture, Mothers, Mother Attitudes
International Journal of Multicultural Education. Department of Education, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea 03722. e-mail: ijme@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijme-journal.org
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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