Finding hope in the darkness: Stories of two Chinese newcomers enrolled in Canadian high school

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Li, Yi
  • Larsen, Denise

• Hope has been described as the ability to envision a future in which one wishes to participate. A burgeoning body of research consistently points to the vital role hope plays in learning and successful change. Employing narrative inquiry (Clandinin and Connelly, 2000), in this paper, we explore two Chinese newcomer students’ stories of hope as they face the many challenges of undertaking a Canadian education. Findings indicate the value of communicating teachers’ belief in students, making hope more visible by inviting students to tell their stories of hope, and understanding hope as a process that evolves as students’ lives unfold.

• Date created

  2012

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Immigrant Experience
  • Hope
  • Learning

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3891256S

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International