Kristina Göransson
Ställföreträdande prefekt | Studierektor för forskarutbildningen | Universitetslektor | Docent | FD i socialantropologi
Navigating conflicting desires: parenting practices and the meaning of educational work in urban East Asia
Författare
Summary, in English
Today parents are faced with increasing expectations to attend to their young children’s learning and cognitive development. South Korea and Singapore are well-known for their competitive education systems and for consistently topping international student assessment tests. They also share an inflated private tuition industry, fuelled by the assumption that parents are compelled to invest substantial resources and time to support their children's development and education. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Seoul and Singapore, the article explores how middle-class parents of pre- and primary school children negotiate seemingly conflicting aspirations of academic achievement versus emotional well-being and resilience. The findings unveil how parents strive to cultivate positive attitudes towards learning through management of time and space in everyday life. In particular, it draws attention to the moral imperative to raise children who enjoy learning, as a way to reconcile parents’ twofold aspiration to upskill their children and cultivate their emotional well-being.
Avdelning/ar
- Barn, unga och familj
- Socialhögskolan
Publiceringsår
2022-03-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
160-178
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Ethnography & Education
Volym
17
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Educational Sciences
- Social Work
Status
Published
Projekt
- Parenting strategies around children's education in urban China, South Korea and Singapore: A comparative ethnographic study
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1745-7823