Global Migration and Education: Schools, Children, and Families

Global Migration and Education: Schools, Children, and Families

Global Migration and Education: Schools, Children, and Families

Global Migration and Education: Schools, Children, and Families

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Overview

Global Migration and Education makes a notable contribution to understanding the issues faced by immigrant children, their parents, and educators as they interact in school settings, and to identifying the common challenges to, and successes in, educational institutions worldwide as they cope with these issues. Global in scope, there are chapters f

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136782602
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/15/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Leah Adams, Anna Kirova, Leah D. Adams, Anna Kirova

Table of Contents

Preface. L.D. Adams, A. Kirova, Introduction: Global Migration and the Education of Children. Part I: Multiple Global Issues for Immigrant Children and the Schools They Attend. Introduction to Part I. C. Horst, A. Holmen, Bringing Multicultural Education Into the Mainstream: Developing Schools for Minority and Majority Students. L. Herwartz-Emden, D. Küffner, J. Landgraf, Acculturation and Educational Achievement of Children With an Immigrant BackGround in German Primary Schools. R. Blanco, Y. Takemoto, Inclusion in Schools in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Children of Haitian Descent in the Dominican Republic. B. Kumar, M. Wandel, Nutritional Challenges Among Immigrant Children and Youth in Norway. Part II: They Are Here: Newcomers in the Schools. Introduction to Part II. L.D. Adams, K.M. Shambleau, Teachers', Children's, and Parents' Perspectives on Newly Arrived Children's Adjustment to Elementary School. D. Roer-Strier, R. Strier, The Role of Home and School in the Socialization of Immigrant Children in Israel: Fathers’ Views. E.L. Vidali, L.D. Adams, A Challenge of Transnational Migration: Young Children Start School. Part III: Views and Voices of Immigrant Children. Introduction to Part III. N. Rao, M. Yuen, Listening to Children: Voices of Newly Arrived Immigrants From the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong. A. Kirova, M. Emme, Immigrant Children’s Understandings of Nonverbal Peer Interactions Through the Development of Visual Narratives. L. de Block, Talking Television Across Cultures: Negotiating Inclusion and Exclusion. A. Kirova, Moving Childhoods: Young Children's Lived Experiences of Being Between Languages and Cultures. Part IV: Far From Home With Fluctuating Hopes. Introduction to Part IV. A. Farrell, Transnational Displacement of Children: An Australian Perspective. J. Szente, J. Hoot, Exploring the Needs of Refugee Children in Our Schools. G. Li, Crossing Cultural Borders in the United States: A Case Study of a Sudanese Refugee Family’s Experiences With Urban Schooling. D.M. Dachyshyn, Refugee Families With Preschool Children: Adjustment to Life in Canada. Part V: Searching for New Ways to Belong. Introduction to Part V. M. Ebbeck, V. Reus, The Experiences of Third-Culture Children. H. Fabian, C. Roberts, Children in Transition: Learning to Become Global Citizens. E. Ömeroglu, A. Kandir, L.D. Adams, The Social Adaptation and Skills of Migrant Children Attending Primary School in Turkey. Z. Yan, W-X. Bing, Community-Based Education for Children of Migrant Peasant Workers. A. Kirova, L.D. Adams, Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future.
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