SAGE Journal Articles

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Fail, H., Thompson, J., & Walker, G., (2004). Belonging, identity and Third Culture Kids: Life histories of former international school students. Journal of Research in International Education, 3(3), 319 – 338.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What evidence of culture shock can you draw from the interviews?
  2. What conclusions about belonging and identity can you draw from the interviews?

 

Green, P. (2010). Generation, family and migration: Young Brazilian factory workers in Japan. Ethnography, 11(4), 515-532.

Discussion Questions:

  1. The text discusses Japanese migration to Brazil.  What does the author say about the return of the migrants  and their descendants to Japan?
  2. What insights does the author provide?

 

Neto, F., Barros, J., & Schmitz, P.G., (2005). Acculturation attitudes and adaptation among Portuguese immigrants in Germany: Integration or separation. Psychology & Developing Societies, 17(1), 19 -32.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Compare the categories of acculturation in this article and in the text.
  2. What were the authors attempting to determine in this study?
  3. Which acculturation strategy did Portuguese immigrants prefer?
  4. Are there implications in this study for other nations or would these conclusions be specific to Germany only?

 

Predelli, L. N. (2008). Religion, citizenship and participation: A case study of immigrant Muslimwomen in Norwegian mosques. European Journal of Women's Studies, 15(3), 241260.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How has Muslim migration to Norway created opportunities and constraints for women?
  2. Why does the author describe the mosque as a “gendered space”?

 

Ko, L. K., & Perreira, K. M. (2010). “It turned my world upside down:” Latino youths’ perspectives on immigration. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(3), 465-493.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How do the authors describe the adolescents’ premigration experiences?
  2. How do the authors describe the adolescents’ migration experiences?
  3. How do the authors describe the adolescents’ postmigration experiences?