
Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students
An Educational, Cultural, and Linguistic Guide
Jeffra Flaitz(Author)
The University of Michigan Press
Published on 1. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-472-03098-9 (ISBN)
Description
Nearly every community school system has faced the arrival of immigrant and refugee students, increasing the need for teachers to gain a better understanding of students' educational background and culture. ""Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students"" is a valuable resource that provides useful information about the history, educational system, cultural beliefs, teacher-student relationships, and potential adjustment challenges of students from different countries. This resource is a result of a vast amount of research on 18 countries and includes interviews with students from these countries. The countries included are Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iran, Laos, Liberia, Peru, Somalia, Sudan, and the Ukraine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Weight
877 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-472-03098-9 (9780472030989)
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Person
Jeffra Flaitz is professor of MATESOL at the University of South Florida.