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Motherhood, Education and Migration

Delving into Migrant Mothers’ Involvement in Children’s Education

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Examines social class, gender, ethnicity and processes of migration in the context of family-school relationships
  • Considers the interconnection of class, gender, ethnicity and religion embedded in migrant mothers’ lives and the roles of these facets in regard to the education of their children
  • Debates how support of children’s education is shaped by the process of migration and the repositioning of social class

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 1-13
  3. Class, Migration and Education: Conceptual Framework

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 15-49
  4. Migrant Muslim Iraqi Mothers: The Study

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 51-67
  5. Interaction with Schools

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 123-158
  6. School Choice—Not Only Shaped by Class

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 159-195
  7. The Conclusion

    • Taghreed Jamal Al-deen
    Pages 197-209
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 211-219

About this book

This book draws together analysis of  class, gender, ethnicity and processes of migration in the context of family-school relationships. It provides an original analysis of the role of  class as gendered and ethnicised in the explanation of the reproduction of educational inequalities. This book’s analysis of  class is developed through insights into how class, gender, ethnicity and religion are interrelated and connected to patterns of advantages and disadvantages in transnational flows. ​ It explores  parental involvement in children’s education in the migratory  context as a key site for the analysis of social class positioning and repositioning, focusing on a group of migrant Muslim mothers living in Australia. This book sheds lights on the interconnection of class, gender, ethnicity and religion embedded in migrant mothers’ lives and the roles of these facets in regard to the education of their children. Delving into  Muslim migrant mothers’ practices and beliefs concerning their involvement provides new understanding of how support of children’s education is shaped by the process of migration along with the neoliberal reforms of education systems and in particular repositioning of social class.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

    Taghreed Jamal Al-deen

About the author

Taghreed Jamal Al-deen is an Associate Research Fellow for the UNESCO Chair, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Australia. She holds a PhD from Monash University and her doctoral research examined migrant Muslim mothers’ involvement in children’s education. She is currently working on a project looking at career aspirations of Australian young Muslim women in higher education, and her research interests include inequality in education, class and migration, gender in Islam, and ethnic and religious diversity. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Motherhood, Education and Migration

  • Book Subtitle: Delving into Migrant Mothers’ Involvement in Children’s Education

  • Authors: Taghreed Jamal Al-deen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9429-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9428-8Published: 01 October 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9431-8Published: 01 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9429-5Published: 19 September 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 219

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Migration, Family, Women's Studies

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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