Growing up between two cultures : problems and issues of Muslim children / edited by Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salili, Farideh, editor.

Hoosain, R. (Rumjahn), editor.

Series:

Research in multicultural education and international perspectives.

Research in multicultural education and international perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Muslim children.

Muslim children--Education.

Muslim youth.

Muslim youth--Education.

Muslims--Cultural assimilation.

Ethnicity.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with social, emotional and educational issues of Muslim children growing up in a Western country. It aims at shedding light on factors that contribute to the successful adjustment of these immigrant children and ways of helping them to adjust to the new life in their new country.

Contents:

Preface

Part I

Introduction

Chapter 1. Growing up between two cultures: Issues and problems of muslim children / Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain

Part II. Demographic characteristics and acculturation issues

Chapter 2. Raising children and teens of middle eastern born parents in United States: Transformative perspective of intercultural competency / Kathleen P. King, Heba Abuzayyad-Nuseibeh, and Hasan Nuseibeh

Chapter 3. Extent of acculturation experiences among high school muslim students in the United States / Shifa Podikunju-Hussain

Chapter 4. Understanding the cultural capital of learners of muslim descent / Myra Daniel

Part III. Issues related to the identity formation of the muslim children

Chapter 5. American muslim identity: Negotiating the ummah and the american public school system / Lesliee Antonette and Lara Taboun

Chapter 6. The personal aspirations and cherished ideals of muslim adolescents living in norway and singapore / Deborah A. Stiles and Osman Ozturgut

Chapter 7. Trying to fit in: Ismaili youth identity in post-9/11 Canada / Hafiz Printer

Part IV. The role of ger in acculturation and identity formation

Chapter 8. Discourse on equity and social justice in a muslim high school in Israel: A case study / Khalid Arar

Chapter 9. Gender, Islam, and refugee status: Possibilities for negotiating hybrid identities and contesting boundaries in digital spaces / Delila Omerbasic

Chapter 10. Stepping in and out of worlds: Bosnian muslim girls' narratives about cultural and religious identity construction / Lisa Hoffman

Part V. Experiences of muslim youths growing up in a non-muslim country

Chapter 11. The strengths and skills of children: Self-descriptions of somali and local australian children / Agnes E. Dodds / Nadia Albert, and Jeanette A. Lawrence

Chapter 12. Religiosity and happiness of American-muslim youths: An empirical study of faith maturity and subjective well-being / Chang-Ho Ji

Chapter 13. That's not what i want for my children: Islamic schools as a parental response to childhood experiences of mainstream British schooling / Farah Ahmed

Author Index

Subject Index

About the authors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-621-3

OCLC:

923179126