Helping Immigrant Children Succeed

Helping Immigrant Children Succeed examines current research on the educational development of immigrant children and the unique challenges that they, their parents, and their teachers face.

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Krystyna Nowak-Fabrykowski, Ph.D. is Professor of Early Childhood. Her research is related to children s moral development especially caring dispositions, friendship, heroes, and superheroes. She has published three books and authored or co-authored over forty peer-reviewed articles.

Klappentext

Helping Immigrant Children Succeed examines current research on the educational development of immigrant children and the unique challenges that they, their parents, and their teachers face. The central argument of this book is that immigrant children will be successful if culturally and developmentally appropriate practices are applied in teaching them. The chapters of this book give an in-depth investigation into handling different challenges such as negotiated identities, transition to a new culture, and different learning styles as well as the role of parents and teachers in helping immigrant children. Helping Immigrant Children Succeed is a must read for the teachers and parents and should be on the reading list for courses on multicultural education.

Zusammenfassung
Helping Immigrant Children Succeed examines current research on the educational development of immigrant children and the unique challenges that they, their parents, and their teachers face.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. Negotiating Identities Krystyna Nowak-Fabrykowski: The Social and Emotional Development of Immigrant Children Mikiyasu Hakoyama: Adolescent Immigrants from Japan: Finding Balance in the Formulation of Identity Marisol Ruiz Gonzalez/Ramona Bell/Cesar Abarca: The Oppositional Latin@ Gaze: Equipping Latin@ Immigrant Youth with Tools for Self-Empowerment PART II. The Process of Transition in the New Culture and Social Adaptation Anjam Chaudhary: An Identity Development Story Hyun-Kyung You/Yu-Jin Jeong: Transnationalism in Daily Lives of Children in Korean Immigrant Families Le Shorn S Benjamin: For the Girl Like Me: A Discourse on Personal and Academic Development of a Black West Indian Immigrant Woman Aleksandra Kaczmarek Day: Migrant Children's Identities and Linguistic Confidence PART III. The Role of Parents in Supporting Bilingual Children Meenal Rana/Kimberly Duarte-Bonilla: Children in Immigrant Families from India: Contextual Analysis Asma Alshammari: The Influence of American Media on the Children from Arab Gulf States That Live in the United States and Suggestions for Parents and Teachers around the World PART IV. The Role of Teachers Katarína Marcineková: Teacher's Perspectives on Working with Children from Diverse Linguistic and Cultural Backgrounds Gil Richard Musolf: Images of Immigrant Children: Symbolic Interactionism Perspective List of Contributors.