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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Immigrant student"”.
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Finding Voice along the Appalachian Mountains: An Autoethnographic Journey of a Female Immigrant Student
… (Ellis, 2004), this study explores a female immigrant student's lived experiences in education in China, and in the United States. The theoretical framework of this study is critical autoethnography. In the study, I present my lived experiences in poems, narratives, and stories as the storied …
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Examination of dispositions and practices in diversity: the impact of a teacher education course promoting culturally and responsive pedagogy
… guiding teachers and policy makers to mainstream immigrant children into the American schools has prevailed in spite of pluralists' efforts for reform schools to provide more opportunities for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Research shows a need to change assimilation driven …
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THE TRANSNATIONAL NARRATIVES AND STRUGGLES OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN TEACHERS IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
… in New York City’s low income and primarily immigrant/student of color school districts. Using ethnographic research methods through interviews, observations, focus groups, and document analysis, this dissertation documents the narratives of 10 Afro-Caribbean Immigrant women teachers. Using …
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Thank You For Not Coming? Policy, Politics, and Polity: How Education Stakeholders Interpret Post-Apartheid Education Policy for Immigrants in South Africa-- The Case of Cape Town
Though many studies address the issue of immigrants in schools, relatively little research attention has been given to the education experience of immigrants who have migrated from one developing country to another (or "South-South" migration), although this accounts for about half of all migration …
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
Fifty-two ethnic minority immigrant students drawn from the 2006 entering freshman class at a predominantly White, public, doctoral granting, residential institution in the Midwestern U.S. participated in the study. These students and their families regarded postsecondary education in the U.S. as …
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The Contributions of the Unwanted
… regardless of citizenship; however, undocumented students seeking to continue their education beyond high school face multiple barriers. Little is known about the actual experiences of undocumented students who have acquired a university degree. The purpose of this study was to understand the …
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Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry into Language, Culture, and Identity Development of Three High School Female Immigrant Students and Their Mainstream Schooling Experience in Atlanta, Georgia
… inquiry explored the experience of three female immigrant students as they acculturated (learned a new language and culture) and enculturated (maintained the heritage language and culture) while developing new identities in an English-speaking public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. I used …
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Beyond "English language learner": Second language writers, academic literacy, and issues of identity in the United States high school
… second language writers and considers how students' identities as ""English Language Learners (ELL)" contributes to their learning, their sense of self, and their academic writing. Within the perspective that writing is a socially-embedded activity, I conducted five case studies documenting …
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Exploring the Uses of Cultural Funds of Knowledge Among Ethnic Minority Immigrant College Students in Their Constructions of Learning Identities Within a Collaborative Photovoice Project
… by an increase in ethnic minority and immigrant student populations, yet there is little reflection of such diversity in the curriculum and teacher preparation and practice. Ethnic minority immigrant students bring with them into learning spaces much valuable cultural knowledge. If …
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A Qualitative Study of the Social Emotional Needs of Newly Arrived Immigrant Secondary Students in One Texas High School
… of Education reported that newly arrived immigrant students are welcomed to classrooms in public schools, and recent data revealed that more than 840,000 immigrant students occupy American classrooms. Immigrant students may demonstrate high aspirations and hope for a good public education …
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New Voices in the Old South: Latino Immigrant Students' Experiences at one Georgia Middle School
… study investigated the experiences of Latino immigrant students as they negotiated and developed their academic identities at one Georgia middle school in Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. Seventy-five students took part in the survey portion of the research study, while six students participated in …
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Student nurse stress and perceived faculty support: A triangulation study with foreign-born baccalaureate nursing students
… faculty support as identified by foreign-born students enrolled in a generic baccalaureate degree nursing program. Using the triangulation technique at the method level, interpretive phenomenology and the qualitative paradigm was used as the core component, while quantitative data from a larger …