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Undocumented Uruguayan immigrants : biliteracy and educational experiences /
Pessoa provides valuable insights into the educational experiences of undocumented immigrant adolescents in urban schools in the U.S. She calls attention to the impact of undocumented status on educational attainment as it prevents students from fully concentrating on their schooling and limits immi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso [Tex.] :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2010.
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| Colección: | New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Pessoa provides valuable insights into the educational experiences of undocumented immigrant adolescents in urban schools in the U.S. She calls attention to the impact of undocumented status on educational attainment as it prevents students from fully concentrating on their schooling and limits immigrant students? motivation to succeed academically and achieve higher education. However, despite the sociocultural and political constraints faced by undocumented immigrants, individual differences in the form of cultural capital, previous schooling experiences, literacy practices, and attitudes pr. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 259 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1593324030 9781593324032 9781593326401 1593326408 |