| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 社會科教育學系碩士班 === 94 === A Study on Foreign Spouses’ Child-rearing Methods and
Their Children’s Adjustment in School
– Examples of Foreign Spouses in Kaohsiung City
Abstract
This study aims to understand foreign spouses’ child-rearing methods and their children’s adjustment in school. It collected information by means of semistructured interview. After having interviews with three foreign spouses living in San Min District, Kaohsiung City and the classroom teachers of their children, the researcher recorded the contents of the interviews in writing and made analysis.
This study has three main purposes:
1. To understand the foreign spouses’ child-rearing methods.
2. To understand their children’s adjustment in school.
3. To understand teachers’ viewpoints and expectation toward the learning of the foreign spouses’ children.
The conclusions of this study are as the following:
1. Foreign Spouse’s Child-rearing Method:
(1) The growing backgrounds of the foreign spouses will influence their child-rearing methods.
(2) The foreign spouses play the main role in the education of their children.
(3) The foreign spouses attach great importance to the study of their children, but their involvement in their children’s extracurricular leisure activities as well as development of specialties is less.
(4) Foreign spouses will not take the initiation to teach their mother tongues to their children.
(5) Foreign spouses will feel gratified to see their children grow strongly.
2. Adjustment of Foreign Spouses’ Children in School:
(1) Foreign Spouses’ children adapt themselves to schools very well.
(2) Foreign Spouses’ children have positive learning attitude and good academic achievements.
3. School Teacher’s Viewpoints on Learning Conditions of Foreign Spouses’ Children:
(1) The teachers favorably praise the performances of the students and their parents. However, the teachers also hope the parents may spend more time to accompany their children and give their children more assistance in their extracurricular studies.
(2) The students’ language abilities in reading and writing need further enhancement.
(3) Parents may provide their children with more cultural stimulation, for example, extracurricular reading, visit of museums, and so on.
Finally, based on the foregoing study results, the researcher proposes several suggestions to the social and educational institutions, educational institutions, school teachers or foreign spouses’ families for the reference of future studies.
Keywords: Foreign spouse, child-rearing methods, adjustment in school
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