Learning a new land : immigrant students in American society /

"Based on an 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 these youngest immigrants. Richly told portraits of high and low...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Suárez-Orozco, Carola, 1957-
Other Authors: Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., 1956-, Todorova, Irina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Children of immigrants > Education > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Enfants d'immigrants > Éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Academic achievement
Children of immigrants > Education
Migrationshintergrund
Chancengleichheit
Schüler
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the long view on immigrant students
  • Academic engagement and performance
  • Networks of relationships
  • Less-than-optimal schools
  • The challenge of learning English
  • Portraits of declining achievers
  • Portraits of low achievers
  • Portraits of improvers
  • Portraits of high achievers
  • Conclusion: immigration policy dilemmas.

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