Coping with Homework: Two Intercultural Mothers’ Experiences with Their Children’s Schoolwork in Japan

10.47908/12/5 ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Author(s):  
Cynthia Smith ◽  
Lily Thukral
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Motivational Beliefs ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
Life Context

In this autoethnographic comparative case study, the researchers examined the parental involvement of two immigrant mothers in Japan in their children’s schoolwork. The Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler theoretical framework (Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1997; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005) was used to investigate the influence of motivational beliefs, invitations to involvement from others, and life context variables on their involvement. Using qualitative data from surveys and interviews, the study found that additional linguistic and cultural factors specific to the mothers’ immigrant status negatively affected their engagement and attitudes toward homework and school. This chapter provides implications for school policies and support for minority families in Japan. Strategies for immigrant parents’ successful involvement are also suggested.

scholarly journals Religious focalisation in dictionaries: a comparative case study between English and Spanish

2011 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
María Alonso Alonso ◽  
Laura Torrado Mariñas
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Oxford English Dictionary ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Real Academia

The aim of this article is to expose the various strategies which are used by two of the most important dictionaries in the English and Spanish contexts, the Oxford English Dictionary and the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, to focalise religious discourse in the main body of the definitions appearing in each dictionary. A theoretical framework on ideology and the dictionary will serve as the starting point from which to analyse these strategies and offer a classification with practical examples, dwelling on the notions of modification and focalisation. The results obtained from both dictionaries will be discussed in relation to the major strategies alluded to, highlighting the fact that the dictionary does not exist in a vacuum. As such, it is always affected by ideology in a certain degree, something which seems to support our thesis that religious discourse is one of the areas where a more pervasive presence of focalisation can be felt.

Migrant Diplomacies: Rethinking Diplomacy Beyond State-Centric Perspectives. A Civic Bi-Nationality Experience from North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Alejo
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Migrant Activism ◽  
Point Of Departure

There is a pressing need to extend our thinking about diplomacy beyond state-centric perspectives, as in the name of sovereignty and national interests, people on move are confronting virtual, symbolic and/or material walls and frames of policies inhibiting their free movement. My point of departure is to explore migrant activism and global politics through the transformation of diplomacy in a globalised world. Developing an interdisciplinary dialogue between new diplomacy and sociology, I evidence the emergence of global sociopolitical formations created through civic bi-nationality organisations. Focusing on the agent in interaction with structures, I present a theoretical framework and strategy for analysing the practices of migrant diplomacies as an expression of contemporary politics. A case study from North America regarding returned families in Mexico City provides evidence of how these alternative diplomacies are operating.

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