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| How Buddhist Vietnamese Parents Make Decisions for Their Adolescent Children Who Attend Tara High School: A Case Study | ||
| 作者 | Taylor, Marsha L. |
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| 出版日期 | 1995 |
| 頁次 | 93 |
| 出版者 | Georgia State University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.gsu.edu |
| 出版地 | Atlanta, GA, US [亞特蘭大, 喬治亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Georgia State University |
| 畢業年度 | 1995 |
| 關鍵詞 | 方法論=Methodology; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教哲學=Buddhist Doctrines=Buddhist Philosophy; 度母=Tara |
| 摘要 | Statement of the problem. The question explored in this study was how Buddhist Vietnamese parents make decisions for their adolescent children who were attending Tara High School (a pseudonym). This exploration of decision making included decisions made about academics, extracurricular activities, work, and peer interactions. The purpose of this study was to examine how these parents as involuntary immigrants and non-native speakers viewed their ability to make purposive decisions for their adolescent children within the community of Tara High School. Methods and procedures. The methodology employed in this study was the case study method. Nineteen Buddhist Vietnamese families were interviewed in English using open-ended questions. Data were gathered and analyzed using verbatim transcripts of interviews, field notes, cultural informants, contextual analysis, and documents. An audit trail provided for construct validity. The criteria for interpreting study findings were based on pattern matching as rival propositions were: considered and patterns in the data identified which supported one proposition over another. Results. These parents chose the schools they wanted their children to attend and wanted access to information pertaining to their children's academics. Buddhist Vietnamese in the community of Tara continue to make decisions based on the collective model of family. Extended family, not the Vietnamese community, affects how parents make decisions. Ancestors and parents must be revered. When academics and behavioral performances fall below expectations, parents talk to their children. However, when children conceive of alternate choices and actualize their separate identities apart from the collective, their parents are at a loss to know what to do. Conclusions. Parents use their Buddhist philosophy to guide their children's behavior in this life as an atonement for past lives and a preparation for future lives. The Confucianist ideology of filial piety is pervasive in how these parents raise their children in the United States. These parents express frustration that the American culture impinges upon their ability to preserve their Confucianist values. |
| 點閱次數 | 426 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.03.22 |
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