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ERIC Number: EJ641718
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Voices of Recent Chaldean Adolescent Immigrants.
Rubin, Lori; Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan
Childhood Education, v77 n5 p308-12 Annual Theme 2001
Recommendations for educators were offered by Chaldean (Catholics of Babylonian descent, majority immigrated from Iraq) adolescents. Themes from focus group interviews related to communication with family, peers, and in the academic setting. Recommended educational strategies included sustaining students' first languages, showing understanding of and empathy for immigrant students' experiences, and being culturally sensitive and respectful of different family values. (KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Educational Attitudes, Educational Practices, Focus Groups, Immigrants, Student Attitudes, Student Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chaldeans
Note: Annual theme issue: "The Global Village: Migration and Education."