Understanding the Social Worlds of Immigrant Youth - New Directions for Youth Development, Number 100

Informationen zum Autor CAROLA SAUREZ-OROZCO is codirector of the Harvard Immigration Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Scholar in Residence at the Ross Institute in East Hampton, New York. IRINA G. TODOROVA is a postdoctoral fellow with the Harvard Immigration Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Klappentext This issue seeks to deepen understanding of the major socialinfluences that shape immigrant youths' paths in their transitionto the United States, as well as of the complex interconnectionsamong those influences. The authors delve into a number of socialworlds that can contribute to the postivie development of immigrantyouth. They also provide insight into sources of information aboutindentity pathway options available to those youth. The chaptersoffer new data regarding the developmental opportunities andchallenges that family roles and responsibilities, school contexts,community organizations, religious involvement and beliefs,gendered expectations, and media influences present. Contributorsprovide a fresh perspective on the research, practice and policyimplications of the social worlds of immigrant youth.This is the 100th issue of the Jossey-Bass journal NewDirections for Youth Development. Zusammenfassung This issue seeks to deepen understanding of the major socialinfluences that shape immigrant youths' paths in their transitionto the United States! as well as of the complex interconnectionsamong those influences. The authors delve into a number of socialworlds that can contribute to the postivie development of immigrantyouth. They also provide insight into sources of information aboutindentity pathway options available to those youth. The chaptersoffer new data regarding the developmental opportunities andchallenges that family roles and responsibilities! school contexts!community organizations! religious involvement and beliefs!gendered expectations! and media influences present. Contributorsprovide a fresh perspective on the research! practice and policyimplications of the social worlds of immigrant youth.This is the 100th issue of the Jossey-Bass journal NewDirections for Youth Development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor-in-Chief's Notes (Gil G. Noam).Issue Editors' Notes (Carola Suárez-Orozco, Irina L.G. Todorova).Executive Summary.1. The social worlds of immigrant youth (CarolaSuárez-Orozco, Irina L. G. Todorova)Through a detailed case study, this chapter illustrates themultiple social influences that support and challenge immigrantyouth in the United States and introduces the themes of many of thefollowing contributions.2. Responsibilities of children in Latino immigrant homes(Marjorie Faulstich Orellana)Children in a Mexican immigrant community provide essential help totheir families, including translating, interpreting, and providingsibling care. These daily life activities shape possibilities forlearning anddevelopment.3. Surfing the "model minority" wave of success: Howthe school context shapes distinct experiences among Vietnameseyouth (Gilberto Q. Conchas, Cristina C. Pérez)The authors examine the role of two distinct school contexts withinthe same school that shape the academic outcomes of Vietnamesestudents as they contend with the pressures of being consideredmembers of the "model minority."4. Ethnic language schools and the development of supplementaryeducation in the immigrant Chinese community in the United States(Min Zhou, Xi-Yuan Li)This chapter examines ethnic language schools and the system ofsupplementary education in the immigrant Chinese community in theUnited States by considering how ethnic community organizationscontribute to educational achievement.5. "He is everything": Religion's role in thelives of immigrant youth (Nora E. Thompson, Andrea G. Gurney)The authors explore the role of religion in the lives of immigrantyouth who described the significance that religion holds f...

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• Authors: Gil G. (EDT) Noam, Suarez-Orozco, Carola Todorova Suarez-Orozco, Todorova, Yd
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2004
• EAN: 9780787972677
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-7267-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: New Directions for Youth Devel
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family