A Research on Progress of Migrant Children in Deprived Learning Environments: A Grounded Theory Study from Resilience Perspective.

摘要

Based on the resilience perspective, this research explores Chinese migrant children's coping process and strategies in adverse learning environments as well as the assistance that social workers may provide for them in the coping process. Data analysis was based on grounded theory in an effort to meeting the demand from researches on the adaptive process of migrant children under their learning adversity and helping process by social workers in field in Mainland China. The results show: the mechanism operating in the migrant children's adaptive process in adverse learning environments is well described as the concept of extended family resilience. That is, Chinese migrant children's success in the deprived learning environments depends on interaction among the migrant children, the parents, and the teachers. The concept of extended family resilience proposed in this research well articulates the cultural influence and nature of Chinese migrant children's adaptive process in adverse learning environments. It not only overcomes the limitations associated with the conceptulization of individual resilience and family resilience prevailing in Western literature, but also provides a very useful practice guideline framework for social work intervention especially with Chinese migrant children.