Parental Support for African Immigrant Students' Schooling in Australia.
This article reports upon the involvement of Ethiopian-Australian parents in the education of their children attending secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia. It investigates the parents' efforts in providing academic support to their children. The study utilized a qualitative methodology, using...
| Published in: | Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 149 - 166 |
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Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Winter 2010
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