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Somali parents and schooling in Britain / Mohamed Kahin and Catherine Wallace.
Van Pelt Library LC3747.G7 K34 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahin, Mohamed H., author.
- Wallace, Catherine, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Somalis--Education--Great Britain.
- Somalis.
- Education--Parent participation--Great Britain.
- Education.
- Education--Parent participation.
- Schools.
- Education--Sociological aspects.
- Parenting.
- Relations.
- Children of minorities--Education.
- Children of minorities.
- Great Britain.
- Children of minorities--Education--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Relations--Somalia.
- Somalia--Relations--Great Britain.
- Somalia.
- Parenting--Great Britain.
- Schools--Great Britain--Sociological aspects--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 164 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Trentham Books, an imprint of UCL Institute of Education Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Although Sornalis have settled in the UK in substantial numbers, the schooling needs of Somali children have received little attention, except for in Mohamed Kahin's Educating Somali Children in Britain (1997). This new book, completed by Professor Catherine Wallace after his death, continues his work in this area, with a focus on how parents can maximize the achievement of Somali pupils in UK schools. Much will be applicable to other minority groups, and to families in global societies of increasingly diverse ethnic, class and cultural backgrounds. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Foreword / Gillian Klein
- 1. Setting the scene
- 2. Somalia and the Somali community in the United Kingdom
- 3. The achievement of Somali students : the role of parental involvement
- 4. The Harrow supplementary school for Somali students : its impact on parents
- 5. The case study of two Somali parents
- 6. The Somali community, schools and society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781858568232
- 1858568234
- OCLC:
- 1014204256
- Publisher Number:
- 99974339481
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