Immigrant stories : ethnicity and academics in middle childhood

Immigrant stories : ethnicity and academics in middle childhood / Cynthia García Coll, Amy Kerivan Marks.

Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese. The children of immigrant families - or second generation youth - are the fastest growing population of school children in the US. However, very lit...

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Main Author: García Coll, Cynthia T.
Other Authors: Marks, Amy Kerivan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Child development in cultural context.
Subjects:
Children of immigrants > United States.
Children of immigrants > Education > United States.
Child development > Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Child development
Children of immigrants
Children of immigrants > Education
United States
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Immigrant stories: ethnicity and educational pathways during middle childhood
  • Why study children of immigrants?
  • The developmental tasks of middle childhood
  • The children of immigrants: development in context (CIDC) study
  • The Cambodian community: small, isolated, and resilient
  • The Dominican community: recent, growing, and vibrant
  • The Portuguese community: steady, long established, and partially integrated
  • Modeling children of immigrants' academic achievement
  • Final reflections.

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