Colliding Ecosystems: Interpreting the Complex Social World of Adolescent Children of Immigrants

This article proposes Urie Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory of human development as an interpretive lens for recognizing the challenges presented to the adolescent children of immigrant adults. His ecological framework helps us recognize how these adolescents are caught between cultures an...

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Published in:Christian education journal
Main Author: O'Keefe, Theresa 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications [2018]
In: Christian education journal
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KBQ North America
RG Pastoral care
ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
ZF Education
Further subjects:B Immigrant
B Adolescent
B Development
B Ecology
B microsystem
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article proposes Urie Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory of human development as an interpretive lens for recognizing the challenges presented to the adolescent children of immigrant adults. His ecological framework helps us recognize how these adolescents are caught between cultures and experience the cultural divide differently than their parents, elders, and Anglo age peers. It includes suggestions for how ministers might assist these adolescents and elders to bridge what divides them from each other and the culture.
ISSN:2378-525X
Contains:Enthalten in: Christian education journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0739891318805107