Motherhood, Education and Migration : Delving Into Migrant Mothers’ Involvement in Children’s Education

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 1-13 Class, Migration and Education: Conceptual Framework (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 15-49 Migrant Muslim Iraqi Mothers: The Study (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 51-67 Mothering Work: Supporting Children’s Education at Home (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 69-98 Motherhood, Neoliberalism, Religion and Migration: Emotional Labour and the Parameters of Good Motherhood (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 99-122 Interaction with Schools (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 123-158 School Choice—Not Only Shaped by Class (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 159-195 The Conclusion (Taghreed Jamal Al-deen)....Pages 197-209 Back Matter ....Pages 211-219