Author: Dorothy Hoy, Graduate, University of Technology, Sydney
Edition: Volume 45, Number 2, July 2005
Summary: This article reports on a study focussed on the identity formation of a second generation male Australian Chinese. Learning was a major part of his adult life: from poor beginnings he studied repeatedly to achieve his goals. It was posited that education was the potent force throughout the individual’s development. The study, a life story, was underpinned by two theories: (i) Psychological impact of biculturalism: evidence and theory by La Fromboise et al. (1993) and (ii) The seasons of a man’s life by Levinson et al. (1978). The factors explored were family and attachment, gender, ethnicity and religion.
Keywords: second generation, Chinese, development, poor, potent,
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