Title The hope of education : Somali families and social connection / by Robyn Ramsden

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008

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Description xiv, 316 leaves : maps ; 30 cm Summary This thesis examines Somali parents' experience of their children's education after settling in Melbourne following the outbreak of civil war in Somalia in 1991. The research found that Somali parents instigate connections with teachers to generate social capital to enhance their children's education Notes Submitted to the School of Health and Social Development of the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University Degree conferred 2009 Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2008 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-307) Subject Somalis -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Parent-teacher relationships -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Students, Foreign -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Somalis -- Services for -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Refugees -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences Deakin University. School of Health and Social Development

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