Learning a New Land - Immigrant Students in American Society

Informationen zum Autor Carola Suárez-Orozco is Professor of Human Development and Psychology and Co-Director of the Institute for Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Based on an extraordinary interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean, China, Central America, and Mexico for five years, this book provides a compelling account of the lives, dreams, and frustrations of the youngest immigrants. Zusammenfassung One child in five in America is a child of immigrants! and their numbers increase each year. Based on an interdisciplinary study that followed 400 newly arrived children from the Caribbean! China! Central America! and Mexico for five years! this book details the lives! dreams! academic journeys! and frustrations of these youngest immigrants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Long View on Immigrant Students 1. Academic Engagement and Performance 2. Networks of Relationships 3. Less-Than-Optimal Schools 4. The Challenge of Learning English 5. Portraits of Declining Achievers 6. Portraits of Low Achievers 7. Portraits of Improvers 8. Portraits of High Achievers Conclusion: Immigration Policy Dilemmas Notes References Acknowledgments Index Tables and Figures

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• Authors: CAROLA SUAREZ-OROZCO, Carola Suarez-Orozco Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Irina Todorova, Todorova Irina
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780674045804
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04580-4
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Educational administration and organization, Migration, immigration and emigration, Age groups: children, Philosophy and theory of education