ole, 1996, p. 554) to the ability of the children to do well in school. While other environmental influences are also important, the textbook puts family support first.
(4) The article has the following important points to make about the concept: families' emphasis on the importance of education influences the children's entire approach to school, from their belief that school is important to their commitment to homework and their eagerness in helping younger siblings to do well. The cultural values of the refugees are "founded on a sense of the importance of effort as opposed to ability" (Caplan, 1992, p. 40). Values include an "aptitude for integrating the past, present, and future [which] appears to have imparted a sense of continuity and direction in the lives of these people" (Caplan, 1992, p. 41). Caplan and his associates point out that the success of these children shows that the American educational system can work and may be failing primarily in those situations in which it i
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