Educating Immigrants

Originally published in 1981. Immigrant children often have significant ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences from children of the host country and require special teaching arrangements. This book is a country-by-country survey of this problem.

List of contents

1. Introduction Joti Bhatnagar 2. Education of Immigrants in Australia Ronald Taft and Desmond Cahill 3. Social, Personal and Academic Adjustment of Ethnic Minority Pupils in British Schools Gajendra K. Verma and Kanka Mallick 4. Multiculturalism and Education of Immigrants in Canada Joti Bhatnagar 5. The Education of Immigrant Children in France Martine Charlot 6. The Children of Guest-workers in the Federal Republic of Germany: Maladjustment and its Effects on Academic Performance Schole Raoufi 7. Assimilation v. Integration: Immigrant Absorption in the Israeli Educational System Tamar Horowitz 8. Educating Immigrant Children in the Middle East Arpi Hamalian 9. Unpopular Views on Popular Beliefs about Immigrant Children: Contemporary Practices and Problems in Sweden Lars Henric Ekstrand 10. Contemporary American Policies and Practices in the Education of Immigrant Children Gail P. Kelly

Summary

Originally published in 1981. Immigrant children often have significant ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences from children of the host country and require special teaching arrangements. This book is a country-by-country survey of this problem.

Product details

• Authors: Joti Bhatnagar
• Assisted by: Joti Bhatnagar (Editor), Bhatnagar Joti (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138071346
• ISBN: 978-1-138-07134-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education and Multiculturalism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Moral and social purpose of education, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy