Essays on the Cultural and Educational Difticulties Experienced by the Settled Out Migrant Chicano Child and Case Study
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Authors
Charnock, Roberta
Issue Date
1974
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Thesis
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en_US
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Each culture teaches its offspring so as to prepare them for adult
lite within that culture. The values of each segment or subculture of
the society of the U.S. are those necessary for adult lite in that
subculture. Belonging to such a segment is the migrant worker family,
and more specifically the Chicano, or Mexican American, migrant. The
Mexican American seems to have retained his cultural autonomy and has
assimilated into the Anglo society at a pace that is slow compared
with most other ethnic groups. This may be because many Chicanos live
in Chicano neighborhoods. It may also be because of the mobile migrant
lite style that does not let these people become part of any established
community. This isolated traction of our population has kept to itself
because of its mobility and retained the values they have learned from
those they migrated with. The Migrant Chicano who has been recently
settled out of the migrant stream comes across a new type of person in
his new lifestyle, belonging to another segment of U.S. society. This
is especially true if the Chicano settles out in an area such as Kalamazoo
where there is no Chicano Barrio to which Chicano may be draw. These
people experience ·a cultural clash and an interruption of accustomed
social patterns of behavior. The novel situation is very confusing to
the child who finds that the patterns of meaningful behavior within the
school do not correspond to bis learned behavior patterns. He is not
familiar with what action will initiate what response. For example,
in the new school situation, what is expected by the teachers is not
produced by the Chicano because there is no pattern of action-response
familiar to the child at school. He can thus become a failure in school,
academically and/or socially. Many behavior problems or a negative
self concept may arise from this·clash. I have observed, this in tutorial
sessions.
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iv, 67 p.
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