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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"migrant farmworker"”.
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The Meaning of Education in the Lives of Successful Migrant Farmworker Students: Identity, Self, and Science
"Migrant farmworkers constitute a substantial and increasing percentage of the agricultural workforce in this country. The migrant farmworker culture, which is spread across lines of ethnicity, class, and vocation, place this population of student at risk of dropping out of school. The obstacles …
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"What We Eat Matters": Perspectives on Food and Health in the Mexican Im/migrant Farmworker Communities in Indian River County, Florida
… concern in the U.S., especially among Mexican im/migrant farmworkers. Anthropological scholarship shows that health issues within im/migrant groups in the U.S. are poorly understood from a sociocultural and local perspective. In Indian River County, Florida, farmworker leaders created a community …
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Parent involvement in Migrant Head Start : parental beliefs and teacher practices
… current study focused on parent involvement of migrant farmworker families of Mexican origin with children enrolled in Migrant Head Start. Under investigation were parent and teacher beliefs and practices pertaining to involvement in the child's early schooling context. An ethnography approach …
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Female migrant farmworkers: The meaning of health within the culture of transience
Hispanic, female migrant farmworkers' definition of health was described through an ethnographic study. Previous studies regarding definitions of health have routinely asked persons to rate their state of health within an undefined category. For this study, thirty-two migrant farmworker women …
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Sembrando consciencia : the student/farmworker alliance and the growth of critical consciousness
The Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) is a national network of students and youth that is based in Immokalee, Florida, formed to support the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (SFA), a migrant farmworker-led human rights organization that seeks an end to the poverty wages and human rights …
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A Respite from the Harvest
In the United States, migrant farm workers are often the lowest paid workers in a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, and are also often provided substandard housing which lacks the space and basic necessities to live in dignity and hope. After a few years of hard labor and sacrifices, some …