TY - JOUR
T1 - Bedouin Arab mothers' aspirations for their children's education in the context of radical social change
AU - Abu-Saad, Ismael
AU - Abu-Saad, Kathleen
AU - Lewando-Hundt, Gillian
AU - Forman, Michele R.
AU - Belmaker, Ilana
AU - Berendes, Heinz W.
AU - Chang, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the US–Israel Binational Science Foundation (grant 89-00353).
PY - 1998/7/1
Y1 - 1998/7/1
N2 - This study examines the aspirations of bedouin Arab mothers toward their children's educational attainment and future occupations. the study was conducted in 1991-92 among the Bedouin community in Israel which is in the process of being transferred from spsontaneous tribal settlements to government planned towns. the study was based on interviews with 309 mothers, 90% of whom had no formal education themselves. The data revealed that 62% of the mothers lived in government planned towns, and 38% lived in spontaneous tribal settlements. Ninety eight % of mothers would like to see their sons finish high school and 81% would like to see their daughters finish high school (though about 20% of these acknowledged the existence of family or financial barriers to realizing their aspirations). There were no significant differences between the aspirations of mothers who lived in the planned towns and those who lived in spontaneous settlements for their sons' and daughters' high school and higher education, or their future occupations.
AB - This study examines the aspirations of bedouin Arab mothers toward their children's educational attainment and future occupations. the study was conducted in 1991-92 among the Bedouin community in Israel which is in the process of being transferred from spsontaneous tribal settlements to government planned towns. the study was based on interviews with 309 mothers, 90% of whom had no formal education themselves. The data revealed that 62% of the mothers lived in government planned towns, and 38% lived in spontaneous tribal settlements. Ninety eight % of mothers would like to see their sons finish high school and 81% would like to see their daughters finish high school (though about 20% of these acknowledged the existence of family or financial barriers to realizing their aspirations). There were no significant differences between the aspirations of mothers who lived in the planned towns and those who lived in spontaneous settlements for their sons' and daughters' high school and higher education, or their future occupations.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00019-4
DO - 10.1016/S0738-0593(98)00019-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032124751
SN - 0738-0593
VL - 18
SP - 347
EP - 359
JO - International Journal of Educational Development
JF - International Journal of Educational Development
IS - 4
ER -