Date of Award
Spring 2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Social and Cultural Foundations in Education
Department
College of Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies and Research
First Advisor
Ronald Chennault, PhD
Second Advisor
Karen Monkman, PhD
Third Advisor
Leah Schmalzbauer, PhD
Abstract
Recent work done by Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rumbaut posits that future generations of Mexican Americans are not likely to improve on the poor socio-economic and cultural status inhibiting their success in the United States. While second generation Mexican American immigrants struggle to acculturate, both academically and economically, to their new homeland, other immigrant groups, such as Chinese Americans, are generally thriving. Through interviewing Chinese and Mexican parents of students at a Chicago elementary school, this study will examine the social and cultural capital of the two immigrant groups upon arrival to the Unites States, how these forms of capital have helped or hindered their acculturation process, and what effect this might have on the acculturation process and eventual educational and social success of their children in the United States.
Recommended Citation
Bruner-Opps, Carolyn, "Immigrant Perspectives: Social reproduction and the future of second generation Mexican-American and Chinese-American immigrants" (2010). College of Education Theses and Dissertations. 10.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/soe_etd/10