Examinando por Autor "Felt, E."

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    The impact of cultural dissonance and acculturation orientations on immigrant students' academic performance
    (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2017) Martinez-Taboada, C.; Mera, M.J.; Amutio, A.; Castañeda, X.; Felt, E.; Nicolae, G.
    Prior research has documented meaningful differences between school performance of immigrant and native students. Multicultural education has been associated with academic failure of foreign students. e aim of this study was to examine the impact of a set of psychosocial variables on the perceived academic achievement of first generation immigrant adolescents from public secondary schools in Northern Spain. Results showed that 46% of the variability in foreign students’ perceived academic performance was explained by home-school cultural dissonance. We also explored the impact of acculturation orientation to separation, perception of discrimination from teachers, school adjustment, and psychological well-being in academic performance. Any multicultural education context should take into account psychosocial adjustment, given its influence on academic performance of all students