Differences in School Experiences SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS

It was further noted that several authors (e.g. Espin, 1987; Phinney, 1991) had stated that immigrant children's school experiences can be affected by any attitudes about the country of immigration and its people which they pick up from their parents as well as from the degree of parents' willingness to interact with the new culture. These postulates were said to provide reason to believe that being in a culture different from one's own makes for far more problems in school than merely language/academic difficulties, e.g. academic problems, and social interaction or adjustment problems.

In an effort to examine for differences in school experiences as a function of differences in the degree of similarity between the native and immigrant country, two subject groups were used. These consisted of Arab families whose children were attending school in either the United States of American or the United Arab Emerits.

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s perceptions of their behavior. Another conclusion of this study centered around an explanation for why U.S.A. parents appeared to be more willing to remain in the United States despite their more negative perceptions of the country when compared to U.A.E. parents' perceptions. It was stated that the reason for U.S.A. parents' stronger desire for their families to live in the United States might be due to the fact that America affords the families greater financial opportunities. In other words, families are able to live a more abundant lifestyle than they would in their own country. It is here recommended that future researchers investigate the validity of this explanation. One method of investigation might be to include some financial items on parents' questionnaires. Another finding that was observed in the study related to length of immigration. Findings showed that the U.S.A. families had been immigrants for several years longer than had the U.A.E. families. What this may mean is that the findings of this study are generalizable only to the specific immigrant groups examined in this study. Clearly what is needed is a replication of this study conducted using families who have been in their countries of immigratio
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