Us Education in a World of Migration - Implications for Policy and Practice

List of contents

1. Introduction Jill Koyama and Mathangi Subramanian Part I: Identity-Staking 2. The Proverbial Monkey on Our Backs: Exploring Politics of Belonging among Transnational African High School Students in the US Krystal A. Smalls 3. Narrating the Nation and Challenging Discourses Anita Chikkatur 4. "Spanish-Speakers" and "Normal People": The Linguistic Implications of Segregation in US High Schools Avary Carhill-Poza 5. Problematizing My Position as a Researcher: Studying the Construction of Class by Chilean and Colombian International Students Ana Luisa Munoz-García 6. Negotiating the Meaning of Citizenship: Chinese Academics in the Transnational Space Qiongqiong Chen Part II: Place-Taking 7. "Luchando Por Una Vida Nueva": A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Academic Aspirations among Rural Latino Students in the US South Melissa Wicks-Asbun and Rebecca Torres 8. The Neoliberal Turn in US Higher Education: Implications for Indian F-1 Students’ Negotiations of Belonging Susan Thomas 9. Misalignment of Teacher Outcomes and Student Goals: Transnational Migrants in an Adult ESL Program Ronald Fuentes 10. Internationally Recruited Teachers and Migration: Structures of Instability and Tenuous Settlement Omar Kamara and Karen Monkman Part III: Space-Making 11. Why Bother Continue Learning a Heritage Language?: Mainstream Policies and Politics of Heritage Language Maintenance Neriko Musha Doerr and Kiri Lee 12. In Search of Success: Where School and Marriage Meet in the Educational Lives of Immigrant African Girls with Limited Formal Schooling Ramatu T. Bangura 13. (Counter)Storytelling for Social Change: Pathways for Youth Participation in Policymaking Mathangi Subramanian 14. Navigating Institutional Structures: The Politics of Supporting Undocumented Students in Higher Education Angela Chuan-Ru Chen

Product details

• Authors: Jill Subramanian Koyama
• Assisted by: Jill Koyama (Editor), Koyama Jill (Editor), Mathangi Subramanian (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2014
• EAN: 9780415734295
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73429-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples