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Global migration and education [electronic resource] : school, children, and families / edited by Leah D. Adams, Anna Kirova.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Mahway, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.Description: xvii, 349 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203824894 (e-book : PDF)
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  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction : global migration and the education of children / Leah D. Adams and Anna Kirova -- 2. Bringing multicultural education into the mainstream : developing schools for minority and majority students / Christian Horst and Anne Holmen -- 3. Acculturation and educational achievement of children with an immigrant background in German primary schools / Leonie Herwartz-Emden and Dieter Káeuffner, Julia Landgraf -- 4. Inclusion in schools in Latin America and the Caribbean : the case of children of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic / Rosa Blanco and Yuki Takemoto -- 5. Nutritional challenges among immigrant children and youth in Norway / Bernadette Kumar and Margareta Wandel -- 6. Teachers', children's and parents' perspectives on newly arrived children's adjustment to elementary school / Leah D. Adams and Krista M. Shambleau -- 7. The role of home and school in the socialization of immigrant children in Israel : fathers' views / Dorit Roer-Strier and Roni Strier -- 8. A challenge of transnational migration : young children start school / Eva L. Vidali and Leah D. Adams -- 9. Listening to children : voices of newly arrived immigrant children from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong / Nirmala Rao and Mantak Yuen -- 10. Immigrant children's understandings of nonverbal peer interactions through the development of visual narratives / Anna Kirova and Michael Emme -- 11. Talking television across cultures : negotiating inclusion and exclusion / Liesbeth de Block -- 12. Moving childhoods : young children's lived experiences of being between languages and cultures / Anna Kirova -- 13. Transnational displacement of children : an Australian perspective / Ann Farrell -- 14. Exploring the needs of refugee children in our schools / Judit Szente and James Hoot -- 15. Crossing cultural borders in the United States : a case study of a Sudanese refugee family's experiences with urban schooling / Guofang Li -- 16. Refugee families with preschool children : adjustment to life in Canada / Darcey M. Dachyshyn -- 17. The experiences of third-culture children / Majory Ebbeck, and Valerie Reus -- 18. Children in transition : learning to become global citizens / Hilary Fabian and Cari Roberts -- 19. The social adaptation and skills of migrant children attending primary school in Turkey / Esra áeOmeroµglu and Adalet Kandir, Leah D. Adams -- 20. Community-based education for children of migrant peasant workers / Zhang Yan and Wei-Xiao Bing -- 21. Lessons learned and implications for the future / Anna Kirova and Leah D. Adams.
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1. Introduction : global migration and the education of children / Leah D. Adams and Anna Kirova -- 2. Bringing multicultural education into the mainstream : developing schools for minority and majority students / Christian Horst and Anne Holmen -- 3. Acculturation and educational achievement of children with an immigrant background in German primary schools / Leonie Herwartz-Emden and Dieter Káeuffner, Julia Landgraf -- 4. Inclusion in schools in Latin America and the Caribbean : the case of children of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic / Rosa Blanco and Yuki Takemoto -- 5. Nutritional challenges among immigrant children and youth in Norway / Bernadette Kumar and Margareta Wandel -- 6. Teachers', children's and parents' perspectives on newly arrived children's adjustment to elementary school / Leah D. Adams and Krista M. Shambleau -- 7. The role of home and school in the socialization of immigrant children in Israel : fathers' views / Dorit Roer-Strier and Roni Strier -- 8. A challenge of transnational migration : young children start school / Eva L. Vidali and Leah D. Adams -- 9. Listening to children : voices of newly arrived immigrant children from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong / Nirmala Rao and Mantak Yuen -- 10. Immigrant children's understandings of nonverbal peer interactions through the development of visual narratives / Anna Kirova and Michael Emme -- 11. Talking television across cultures : negotiating inclusion and exclusion / Liesbeth de Block -- 12. Moving childhoods : young children's lived experiences of being between languages and cultures / Anna Kirova -- 13. Transnational displacement of children : an Australian perspective / Ann Farrell -- 14. Exploring the needs of refugee children in our schools / Judit Szente and James Hoot -- 15. Crossing cultural borders in the United States : a case study of a Sudanese refugee family's experiences with urban schooling / Guofang Li -- 16. Refugee families with preschool children : adjustment to life in Canada / Darcey M. Dachyshyn -- 17. The experiences of third-culture children / Majory Ebbeck, and Valerie Reus -- 18. Children in transition : learning to become global citizens / Hilary Fabian and Cari Roberts -- 19. The social adaptation and skills of migrant children attending primary school in Turkey / Esra áeOmeroµglu and Adalet Kandir, Leah D. Adams -- 20. Community-based education for children of migrant peasant workers / Zhang Yan and Wei-Xiao Bing -- 21. Lessons learned and implications for the future / Anna Kirova and Leah D. Adams.

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