본문 바로가기
KERD
논문KCI 등재

The Figured World of Globalization and Cosmopolitanism and Korean Temporary Migrant Parents' Practices of their Children's Language Education

0

조회

0

다운로드

2

인용

0

참고문헌

키워드

주제분류교육학

초록

This study explores Korean parents’ narratives and practices for their children’s English education through the theoretical lens of “figured worlds” (Holland, Skinner, Lachicotte, and Cain, 1998). Figured worlds, collectively shared sets of ideologies and practices among members of a group, help to analyze the practice from the participant’s perspective. The study focuses on Korean temporary migrant families with 3- to 8-year-old children who have already arrived in the United States. From 2003 to 2006, I conducted an ethnographic study of Korean international families in a university town in the Midwest. I investigated what motivates parents to implement this extreme practice of English education, that is, migration. The analysis discloses the parents have somewhat exaggerated beliefs on effectiveness of English education for their children. Those beliefs have been justified and intensified through their shared narrative in the figured worlds of globalization and cosmopolitanism. The parents also construct this narrative by psychologically interacting with their past experience and present situation.

Abstract

This study explores Korean parents’ narratives and practices for their children’s English education through the theoretical lens of “figured worlds” (Holland, Skinner, Lachicotte, and Cain, 1998). Figured worlds, collectively shared sets of ideologies and practices among members of a group, help to analyze the practice from the participant’s perspective. The study focuses on Korean temporary migrant families with 3- to 8-year-old children who have already arrived in the United States. From 2003 to 2006, I conducted an ethnographic study of Korean international families in a university town in the Midwest. I investigated what motivates parents to implement this extreme practice of English education, that is, migration. The analysis discloses the parents have somewhat exaggerated beliefs on effectiveness of English education for their children. Those beliefs have been justified and intensified through their shared narrative in the figured worlds of globalization and cosmopolitanism. The parents also construct this narrative by psychologically interacting with their past experience and present situation.

참고문헌 (36)

  1. Bakhtin, M. M., "The dialogic imagination" (1981), University of Texas Press
  2. Bakhtin, M. M., "Speech genres and other late essays" (1986), University of Texas Press
  3. Barker, C., "Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice" (2005), Sage
  4. Bourdieu, P., "Outline of a theory of practice" (1977), Cambridge University Press
  5. Bourdieu, P., "The logic of practices" (1990), Stanford University Press
  6. Briggs, C. L., "Learning how to ask: A sociolinguistic appraisal of the role of the interview in social science research" (1986), Cambridge University Press
  7. Chang, C., "Chogiyuhak, bandŭsi gayaman hanŭnga?", pp.98~99 (2006), Chibangporŏm
  8. Chung, K., "Korean English Fever in the U.S. : Temporary migrant parents’ evolving beliefs about normal parenting practices and children’s natural language learning" (2008), University of Illinois at urbana-Champaign
  9. Clifford, J., "Introduction: Partial truths. in: Writing culture: The poetics and politics of ethnography" (1986), University of California Press
  10. Crystal, D., "English as a global language" (2003), Cambridge University Press
  11. Denzin, N., "Introduction: The discipline and practice of qualitative research. in: Handbook of qualitative research" (2000), Sage
  12. Fishman, J. A., "Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues. in: Post-imperial English: Status change in former British and American colonies", pp.3~12 (1996), Moutonde Gruyter
  13. Geertz, C., "Local knowledge: Further essay in interpretive anthropology" (1983), Basic Books
  14. Holland, D., "Identity and agency in cultural worlds" (1998), Harvard University Press
  15. Katz, C., "Growing up global: Economic restructuring and children’s everyday lives" (2004), University of Minnesota Press
  16. Ly, P., (2005), The Washington Post
  17. Morson, G., "Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a prosaic" (1990), Stanford University Press
  18. Pennycook, A., "The cultural politics of English as an international language" (1994), Longman
  19. Phillipson, R., "Linguistic imperialism" (1992), Oxford University Press
  20. Park, S. J., "The retreat from formal schooling: “Educational manager mothers” in the private after-school market of South Korea (Doctoral dissertation)" (2006), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  21. Park, S. J., "Globalization, language and social order: Ideologies of English in South Korea" (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara
  22. Roth, W., "Redesigning an urban teacher education program: An activity theory perspective", Mind, culture, and activity, 9(2), pp.108~131 (2002)
  23. Song, J., "Language ideologies and identity: Korean children’s language socialization in a bilingual Setting" (2007), Ohio State University
  24. Vidich, A. J., "Qualitative methods: Their history in sociology and anthropology. in: Handbook of qualitative research", pp.37~84 (2000), Sage
  25. Vygotsky, L., "Thinking and speech: Psychological investigation" (1934), Gosudarstven
  26. Wertsch, J. V., "Vygotsky and the social formation of mind" (1985), Harvard University Press
  27. Wertsch, J. V., "Voices of the mind: A sociocultural approach to mediated action" (1991), Harvard University Press
  28. Wolcott., H. F., "Writing up qualitative research (2nd ed.)" (2001), Sage
  29. Woo, N., "Study on appropriateness of English education for young children", Korean educational policy study, 16 (2002)
  30. Wortham, S., "Narratives in action: A strategy for research analysis" (2001), Teachers College Press

관련 논문AI추천

이 간행물의 다른 논문 (7건)