Christianity in Public Schools: Perspective of a Non-Christian Immigrant Parent.

Gerami, Shahin

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ERIC Number: EJ580325

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Publication Date: 1998

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Christianity in Public Schools: Perspective of a Non-Christian Immigrant Parent.

Gerami, Shahin

Early Child Development and Care, v147 p33-41 Aug 1998

Presents the dilemma of infusion of Christian ideology in public education faced by ethnic-immigrant families. Explores three factors challenging the validity of non-Christian beliefs and disfavoring bicultural and bilingual socialization of ethnic children: family structure and religiosity, community orthodoxy, and Christian education in public schools. Considers the gradual formation of Christian identity in second-generation children. (JPB)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Students, Christianity, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Identification (Psychology), Immigrants, Multicultural Education, Parent Attitudes, Religious Cultural Groups

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Language: English

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