Parental Expectations in Education

The fusion of two cultures has produced high
achievers in American schools for the children of
Nigerian immigrants. In this study, Nigerians
express the hopes and fears of immigrant parents and
their utmost devotion to seeing to it that their
children succeed in American schools. Nigerian-born
Dolapo Adeniji-Neill attributes the overwhelming
success of Nigerian American children in U.S schools
to their indigenous culture that stresses the
importance of education and the bringing-up of their
young as OMOLUABI, the arts and ways of the human being.

Adeniji-Neill distills the voices of her interviewees
into a Nigerian voluntary immigrants folk-theory of
parental expectations, and based on her own
experience in the classroom, a list of
recommendations for what teachers can do to support
and nurture immigrant children.

This is a lessons learned reference for political
decision-makers, school administrators, teachers, and
above all, parents, who are seeking to ease the path
for immigrant children and all minorities.

Auteur

Researcher-writer-educator Dolapo Adeniji-Neill was born inIlesha, in southwest Nigeria, heart of Yorubaland. Daughter of achief and magistrate, she holds two master's degree and earnedher Ph.D.in Education from the University of Hawaii. She iscurrently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at BucknellUniversity.

Texte du rabat

The fusion of two cultures has produced highachievers in American schools for the children ofNigerian immigrants. In this study, Nigeriansexpress the hopes and fears of immigrant parents andtheir utmost devotion to seeing to it that theirchildren succeed in American schools. Nigerian-bornDolapo Adeniji-Neill attributes the overwhelmingsuccess of Nigerian American children in U.S schoolsto their indigenous culture that stresses theimportance of education and the bringing-up of theiryoung as OMOLUABI, the arts and ways of the human being.Adeniji-Neill distills the voices of her intervieweesinto a Nigerian voluntary immigrants folk-theory ofparental expectations, and based on her ownexperience in the classroom, a list ofrecommendations for what teachers can do to supportand nurture immigrant children.This is a "lessons learned" reference for politicaldecision-makers, school administrators, teachers, andabove all, parents, who are seeking to ease the pathfor immigrant children and all minorities.