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Migration And Parent Involvement: Ethiopian Immigrants In Chicago, Daniel Hasso Shashe
Migration And Parent Involvement: Ethiopian Immigrants In Chicago, Daniel Hasso Shashe
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ABSTRACT
My study examines the experiences and perceptions of Ethiopian immigrants in Chicago particularly as they relate to their involvement in their children’s schooling. Through narrative interviews I was able to hear stories of migration, education, and life changes within families as they emigrated from Ethiopia and (eventually) settled in the US. Migration, conditioned by political contexts at home, circumstances of mobility, and available support structures, is translated into life experiences that are infused with emotion (of various sorts), hardship (and various strategies to understand it and deal with it), an evolving vision of life in the US, and a …