Parental role in shaping immigrant children’s subject choices and career pathway decisions in Australia

Sarika Kewalramani; Sivanes Phillipson

doi:10.1007/s10775-019-09395-2

Parental role in shaping immigrant children’s subject choices and career pathway decisions in Australia

Sarika Kewalramani
, Sivanes Phillipson

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Abstract

This study draws upon Vygotskian mediation and internalisation constructs to investigate how parental beliefs, values, expectations and familial acculturation processes can shape immigrant children’s secondary schooling subject choices within an Australian context. Using a case study approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 parents and their 12 children from three Australian secondary schools. Findings revealed that parents’ beliefs, values for education, their own past educational and career aspirations inclusive of perceived acculturation barriers guided children’s career pathway decisions. The paper discusses the significance of optimising immigrant parents’ role within the platform of home–school partnership.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-99
Number of pages	21
Journal	International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-019-09395-2
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

Keywords

Career counselling in high school
Immigrant parental beliefs
Student subject choice

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Parental role in shaping immigrant children’s subject choices and career pathway decisions in Australia

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How parents engaged and inspired their young children to learn science in the later years: a story of 11 immigrant parents in Australia

Dealing with parental pressure for high school students' mental and academic well being

Immigrant parent influence on children’s education pathway

Hands-off learning: Parent expectations too much for some children

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Parental role in shaping immigrant children’s subject choices and career pathway decisions in Australia

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How parents engaged and inspired their young children to learn science in the later years: a story of 11 immigrant parents in Australia

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Dealing with parental pressure for high school students' mental and academic well being

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Immigrant parent influence on children’s education pathway

Hands-off learning: Parent expectations too much for some children

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