Mexican American Community College Experience - Fostering Resilience, Achieving Success

The Mexican American Community College Experience addresses the challenge ofeducating Mexican American students, the largest segment of the growing Latino population, in community colleges.

List of contents

Foreword-Dr. William Serrata, President, El Paso Community College
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Resilience and Personal Protective Factors
Chapter 2: Environmental Protective Factors and Teacher Qualities
Chapter 3: Teaching con Respeto
Chapter 4: Validation
Chapter 5: Cultivating a Larger Purpose
Chapter 6: Building Social and Cultural Capital
Appendix: Critical Resilience

References

About the Author

About the author

Dr. Blanca Campa is an educator, researcher, and writer with an academic background in Education, Counseling, and Psychology. She is a Professor of Educational Psychology at El Paso Community College.

Summary

The Mexican American Community College Experience addresses the challenge of educating Mexican American students, the largest segment of the growing Latino population, in community colleges.

Product details

• Authors: Blanca Campa, Campa Blanca
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2017
• EAN: 9781475834062
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3406-2
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Multicultural education, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General