East Meets West: Cultural Negotiations between Parents and Staff at a Taiwanese Elite School
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| Title: | East Meets West: Cultural Negotiations between Parents and Staff at a Taiwanese Elite School |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Howard, Adam (ORCID |
| Source: | Multicultural Education Review. 2021 13(2):109-127. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Selective Admission, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Asian Culture, Western Civilization, Cultural Differences, Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, Futures (of Society), Gender Differences, Outcomes of Education, Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Communication Problems, Global Approach, High School Students, Academic Aspiration, Parent Aspiration |
| Geographic Terms: | Taiwan |
| DOI: | 10.1080/2005615X.2021.1919961 |
| ISSN: | 2005-615X |
| Abstract: | We take a necessary de-imperialist approach to studying how 'Eastern' and 'Western' values are negotiated in an elite school in Taiwan. By drawing on the 'Asia as method' framework, we examine how cultural tensions are identified and moved towards a negotiated resolution between parents and school staff. As parents and school work to develop an educational offer that meets both sets of needs, and seek to create a framework in which to facilitate trusting relationships, they must do so by bridging their different cultural traditions and focusing on a shared mission. Despite some successes in the processes of translation engaged in, cultural tensions remain, especially around planned futures for the male and female students. This paper contributes to the nascent field of elite education in the Global South, and considers how elite subjects are being produced in a third space -- that is neither traditionally Western nor Eastern. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1302812 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We take a necessary de-imperialist approach to studying how 'Eastern' and 'Western' values are negotiated in an elite school in Taiwan. By drawing on the 'Asia as method' framework, we examine how cultural tensions are identified and moved towards a negotiated resolution between parents and school staff. As parents and school work to develop an educational offer that meets both sets of needs, and seek to create a framework in which to facilitate trusting relationships, they must do so by bridging their different cultural traditions and focusing on a shared mission. Despite some successes in the processes of translation engaged in, cultural tensions remain, especially around planned futures for the male and female students. This paper contributes to the nascent field of elite education in the Global South, and considers how elite subjects are being produced in a third space -- that is neither traditionally Western nor Eastern. |
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| ISSN: | 2005-615X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/2005615X.2021.1919961 |
