The fusion of two cultures has produced high§achievers in American schools for the children of§Nigerian immigrants. In this study, Nigerians§express the hopes and fears of immigrant parents and§their utmost devotion to seeing to it that their§children succeed in American schools. Nigerian-born§Dolapo Adeniji-Neill attributes the overwhelming§success of Nigerian American children in U.S schools§to their indigenous culture that stresses the§importance of education and the bringing-up of their§young as OMOLUABI, the arts and ways of the human being.§§Adeniji-Neill distills the voices...

Featuring in-depth examinations of concepts of knowing, learning, and education from a range of cultures worldwide, this book offers a rich theory of indigenous concepts of education, their relation to Western concepts, and their potential for creating education that articulates the aspirations of communities and fosters humanity for all learners.

The contributors to Written in Her Own Voice illuminate how gender and gender roles affect women's advancement, educational success, and life aspirations. Chapters provide thick, rich descriptions of the authors' lives, using heuristic and phenomenological inquiry as guiding theoretical frameworks.

The contributors to Written in Her Own Voice illuminate how gender and gender roles affect women's advancement, educational success, and life aspirations. Chapters provide thick, rich descriptions of the authors' lives, using heuristic and phenomenological inquiry as guiding theoretical frameworks. These women write about how power relations within society continue to promote exclusion and marginalization along race, gender, class, and religious lines around the globe. They examine the influences of families, communities, and societies in their educational and professional lives. This...